CRUEL DEATH

CRUEL DEATH
• 18-year-old nursing mother dies of first degree burns after woman from hell set her ablaze
By FEMI FOLARANMI, Yenagoa
Tuesday, September 25, 2007

Nursere Victor before her death

An 18-year-old nursing mother, Nursere Victor, recently had a sad end when an angry woman bathed her with petrol and set her ablaze. She died of first degree burns.

Daily Sun investigations revealed that the deceased, an indigene of Agobiri, in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, had a six-month-old baby for a middle-aged man in the community. They were, however, not married.

On the day of the incident, the man was said to have seen Victor talking with a sales boy in a shop in the community and got jealous. Suspecting that the duo could be having an affair, he allegedly reported the sales boy to his madam, identified as Roseline Tari. The woman allegedly, thereafter, accused the boy of stealing her money and lavishing it on his woman friend.
The woman was said to have targeted the deceased and emptied a keg of fuel on her. Thereafter, she set the victim ablaze, probably, for being the beneficiary of the crime she accused her sales boy of.
Eyewitness account said the frantic cries of help from Victor attracted sympathizers, who rushed her to Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.

It was gathered that although she made the 45 minutes journey to the hospital, nurses on duty demanded for a police report before she could be attended to.
By the time the police report came, her condition had worsened, which made medical officials at FMC, Yenagoa to refer her to University of Port Harcourt Teaching Hospital, where she was kept at the intensive care unit. She however, died on September 6.

Sources stated that when the suspect got wind of what happened to Victor, she attempted to flee but the villagers arrested her and later handed her over to men of the State Criminal Investigations Department.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ininbong Ibokette, who confirmed the story, said there was no way the police, would condone criminal acts.
He said that the suspect was undergoing interrogation after which she would be charged to court.