Mr. Mientei Ayawei, the
son of a former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development,
Chief Nimibofa Ayawei, and his girlfriend, identified only as Happiness, have
been burnt to death in an apartment fire.
The incident occurred on Saturday at the NIIT
area of Tombia, in the Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state.
The cause of the fire could not be ascertained,
but a man close to Ayawei, who is presently the Chairman of the Bayelsa State
Board of Internal Revenue, said the fire was caused by a high electricity
voltage.
The man, who did not want to be identified because he was not
authorised to speak on the incident, said the high voltage caused the fire
around 4am on the day.
When contacted,
spokesman for the Bayelsa State Police Command, Asinim Butswat, confirmed the
inferno, saying the police also responded to distress calls on the inferno.
He, however, said he had not been fully briefed
on the casualty figure.
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