12-month-old baby burnt to death in Calabar, mother appeals for help

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The child’s mother says 'her life has been shattered, as she has nowhere to stay, no food to eat, and no clothes to wear.'

The incident happened at Eta Agbor area of Calabar Municipality on October 9, according to the News Agency of Nigeria .Glory Etim-Akpan, the mother of the child, told NAN that her child was sick, and that she went out to a pharmacy in the area to buy medication and pampers for her before the incident.

“My baby was having a cough and catarrh, so I went out to buy drugs for her and pampers. Before leaving the house, I lit a candle on top of a metal plate in the room. “Neighbours around heard my baby crying, but they couldn’t intervene. When I came back, we broke the door and I found out that my baby was already burnt to death.

 

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