Photo: Former Plateau state ADC and children burn to death in house fire

A retired Assistant Superintendent of Police, Anthony Kwanmi and three of his children were on Monday morning burnt beyond recognition in their house in an inferno suspected to have been caused by electrical spark. The names of the affected children were given as Theresa, Emmanuel and Kerry. 

Only their skeletons were reportedly recovered after the fire was put out.

Hiis wife and one of his children, however survived the tragic incident and are presently receiving medical attention. The incident occurred in the wee hours of Monday at about 1:30 a.m. in Jenta Adamu Community of Jos, North Local Government Area of Plateau State.

It was gathered that the retired police officer was a former Aide De’ Camp to the second civilian Governor of the State, Amb. Fidelis Tapgun. Eyewitness account said that the fire broke out at about 1:30 a.m on Monday immediately after the Nigeria vs Sweden match.The building was razed down completely by the fire suspected to be from electrical fault.