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A woman’s alleged love for home video has led to the permanent deformity
of her 18-month-old baby following a generator explosion in their home
in Akure, Ondo State.
The baby, Miss Oluwasola Fatejo, lost her two hands and pretty face
in the incident that occurred while her mother, Mrs Mercy Fatejo was
allegedly busy watching her favourite Yoruba soap inside the room.
It was gathered that the housewife was so engrossed in the movie that she did
not know when little Oluwasola walked away from the room to the kitchen where she picked a matchbox and moved to the corridor of their apartment in Oshinle area of the capital city.
It was gathered that the housewife was so engrossed in the movie that she did
not know when little Oluwasola walked away from the room to the kitchen where she picked a matchbox and moved to the corridor of their apartment in Oshinle area of the capital city.
The little girl was said to have played with the generator that had been
switched on during which she innocently struck a match causing a
fire outbreak and the consequent explosion.
Sources told Sunday Sun that although the baby who was trapped in the fire cried her quite some time, her mother was oblivious of what had befallen her child and the raging fire in a section of their home. Unfortunately, the neigbhours had left for their various outside engagements.
Sources told Sunday Sun that although the baby who was trapped in the fire cried her quite some time, her mother was oblivious of what had befallen her child and the raging fire in a section of their home. Unfortunately, the neigbhours had left for their various outside engagements.
Help later came the baby’s way when a passerby who saw her struggling
to escape from the burning generator raised an alarm that attracted
her mother.
When the baby was eventually rescued, her face had been disfigured and her hands badly burnt in the explosion .
When the baby was eventually rescued, her face had been disfigured and her hands badly burnt in the explosion .
She was initially rushed to the Akure Specialist Hospital where she was
referred to the Federal Medical Center (FMC), Owo.
Checks by Sunday Sun revealed that doctors at the FMC later advised that
she should be moved to the University College Hospital (UCH) for better
medical attention.
The authorities of the hospital were said to have recommended the child for plastic surgery on her face and hands, one of which has been amputated.
The authorities of the hospital were said to have recommended the child for plastic surgery on her face and hands, one of which has been amputated.
The girl it was gathered Dependable sources told Sunday Sun that N18
million was needed to give the baby quality medical treatment.
Meanwhile, the child’s mother, Mrs Fatejo, has denied watching a
movie while her baby was trapped in the explosion.
“I was not watching movie. I was in my room arranging her bed when I
heard the sound of the explosion only to find her burning with the
generator. I was helpless until our neighbours came to my rescue.
My
husband, a civil servant, was not around but he immediately rushed home
when he was informed about the incident.
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