Mystery Fire Disfigures
Woman 11 Days Before
Wedding
Charity Okoroukwu, a 27-
year-old woman, who
graduated in Business
Administration from the
Institute of Management
Technology (IMT), Enugu,
had known that danger was
lurking around the corner 11
days to her wedding, she
would not have attempted to
refuel a kerosene lantern on
December 17, 2011.
On that fateful day, she was
refuelling the lantern when
it caught fire, exploded and
left her with third degree
burns. But till date, a yet
unsolved riddle still bothers
her about the incident. The
fire, which disrupted her life,
did not affect the keg
containing the kerosene. At
the time, the native of Awka
North Local Government
Area of Anambra State was
awaiting mobilisation for
the mandatory national
youths service scheme. Now,
she needs more than N2
million for a plastic surgery.
Charity, fondly addressed as
‘Chacha’ by her friends at the
IMT, told Daily Sun: “When I
was in the IMT where I
graduated on December 6,
2011, I was popularly known
as Chacha. Few days later, I
left Enugu for our village in
Anambra State to prepare
for my wedding that was to
hold on December 28. On
December 17, which was
exactly 11 days to my wedding
ceremony, I wanted to put
kerosene in one of our
lanterns and it exploded. So,
the fire burnt my body
without mercy.
“People that were around
poured water on me and I
was rushed to a nearby
hospital. I was later
transferred to another
private hospital in Awka. I
spent more than two months
there before I was
discharged. My bill at the
hospital was well above
N500, 000. In spite of the
treatment and the money
involved, I was not okay as at
the time I was discharged,”
she said. Charity, who noted
that she was five months
pregnant when the fire burnt
her, stated that the wedding
was held in the hospital. Her
husband, according to her,
insisted that the wedding
must be held to shame the
devil. She continued: “After
that, my husband, who has
been residing in Lagos, asked
me to come. When I got to
Lagos, we went to the Federal
Medical Centre (FMC), Ebutte
Meta. At the FMC, I registered
for ante natal. Shortly
thereafter, we were referred
to the Lagos University
Teaching Hospital (LUTH).
“I was admitted when I got
to LUTH and I was subjected
to series of tests. In the
hospital, I had my baby
through caesarean section
because of my condition. We
named the boy Victor
Chidera. Victor means victory
and Chidera means what God
has written. I gave him the
name because of my
condition and the
circumstances, surrounding
his birth.”Charity appealed
to kind-hearted Nigerians,
philanthropists and
corporate organisations to
assist her so she could
undergo a corrective surgery
in Israel.
“Please, help me because I
don’t like my present
condition. Now, I cannot stay
wherever is hot. I must stay
indoors in the afternoon
because of the sun. Please,
help me. I pray that neither
you nor your children will
have this kind of experience.
The explosion has spoilt my
beauty.” Charity’s mother,
Mrs. Grace Nnamezie,
described the incident as an
attack masterminded by evil
forces. “How could the fire
burn my daughter and didn’t
touch the keg, containing the
kerosene?” she wondered.
A private medical
practitioner, Olakunle
Adigun, said the surgery
could be done at the Lagos
University Teaching Hospital
(LUTH). He said, however,
that it would be in three
stages: face, arms and
abdomen. The first stage, he
said, would gulp about N400,
000, while the second stage
would cost about N650, 000.
“The cost for the third stage
has not been given but the
first two stages will cost
above N1 million apart from
other miscellaneous
expenses. If all other
expenses and the third stage
are factored into the
surgery, the total cost will be
more than N2 million,” he
stated. Adigun expressed
hope that Charity would be
better off after the surgery.
While Charity can be
contacted on the mobile
numbers 08032229181 and
08033037223, a bank account
number 0005774736 has
been opened in her name,
Charity Nnamezie, at the
Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos
branch of the GT Bank —
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