Couple cry for help as fire burns son
A couple-based in Enugu State, Mr. and Mrs. Chukwuma Okaria have cried out to the government and good-spirited individuals for help as their son, Chukwuzitere, is battling for life at National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu. Vanguard gathered that Chukwuzitere, an SSI student of Uwani Boys Secondary School, Enugu, had left the house on December 26, 2022, with a few of his friends, but little did he know that life would turn around for him in such a harsh way. His devastated father told journalists that he was away working when he received a call that something was wrong at home. “My wife called me and was crying on the phone, that Chukwuzitere is in danger. I just ended the call and ran home. When I got to the house, I saw that my son had been burnt by fire, he was in pain, he could not talk. “We rushed him to the Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu, where he was admitted to the Emergency Unit. By God’s grace, he is out of the ICU, and is now at the ward in the hospital.” On what led to the in...