Retired ASP Anthony Kwame, the former Aide-de-Camp (ADC) to the ex-governor of Plateau State, Fidelis Tapgun was on Monday morning killed in a fire outbreak at his residence in the Jenta-Adamu neighbourhood of Jos.
According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, Mr Terna Tyopev, his two daughters, Theresa and Kerry, and son, Emmanuel also died in the inferno while his wife, Charity and daughter, Evelyn, survived the early morning fire disaster but sustained severe burns.
Mr Tyopev in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) said: “The deceased were burnt to ashes; what were taken to the mortuary of Plateau Specialist Hospital in Jos were just the skeletons.”
Neighbours who spoke with NAN said the cause of the fire remained unknown, but that it started around 1 a.m.
Meanwhile, the Village Head of Jenta-Adamu, Mr Kabala Bako, whose residence shares a fence with that of the deceased, said that he rushed out of his house when he heard shouts of fire.
“When Ì rushed out, I called out other neighbours and we tried to put out the fire, but it had already engulfed the entire house and there was nothing we could do about it.
“But we succeeded in making sure that that not so many houses in our area were affected.
“In spite of our efforts, some adjacent houses were affected but no life was lost,” he said.
The two survivors, currently on admission at Plateau Specialist Hospital, could not speak on the possible causes of the fire as they were writhing in severe pains.
