When in November 2012, Winifred Okey,
received a call-up letter to begin her Nysc
programme in Rivers State, she was happy. This
was because she wanted to be posted there so
that she would be close to her friends, who
were staying in the state.
The 23-year-old graduate’s happiness was
however cut short after she was set ablaze at
the corper’s lodge by her ex-boyfriend. And I
hear beautiful Winifred has died as a result of
the burns .
We learnt that her former boyfriend in the
university went to her room at night,
emptied a keg of petrol on the door and set
the building on fire. Other residents rushed
to the scene and were able to rescue
Winifred and her roommate, but Winifred
had been badly burnt.
They were rushed to the University of Port
Harcourt Teaching Hospital.
According to members of her family who spoke
with Punch, the incident occurred on July 19,
2013.
A member of the family, who wished to remain
anonymous, said, Winifred was the first child
of the family. She has a younger sister, Ruth.
We were all in Lagos when we received a call
from NYSC that Winifred was in a critical
condition so her parents travelled to Rivers
State immediately."
It was learnt that Winifred’s parents stayed
with her at the hospital till July 31, 2013, when
the graduate of Home Economics died due to
the burns she had sustained.
When Punch asked Winifred's family why the
suspect committed the act, they said they did
not know as they had never met him before.
A cousin of the deceased said, Winifred and
the guy met in school, but the guy lives in Port
Harcourt while we live in Lagos. The incident is
still a shock to us.
Friends of the deceased, however, said the ex-
lover had been sending threat messages to her
for leaving him . They were not, however, able
to state, the cause of their estrangement.
Winifred was said to have started dating
someone else, which did not go down well with
her ex-lover.
The State Criminal Investigation Department
immediately swung into action and began
investigations into the matter. It was learnt
that the police arrested the culprit, who had
burns on his hands.
received a call-up letter to begin her Nysc
programme in Rivers State, she was happy. This
was because she wanted to be posted there so
that she would be close to her friends, who
were staying in the state.
The 23-year-old graduate’s happiness was
however cut short after she was set ablaze at
the corper’s lodge by her ex-boyfriend. And I
hear beautiful Winifred has died as a result of
the burns .
university went to her room at night,
emptied a keg of petrol on the door and set
the building on fire. Other residents rushed
to the scene and were able to rescue
Winifred and her roommate, but Winifred
had been badly burnt.
They were rushed to the University of Port
Harcourt Teaching Hospital.
According to members of her family who spoke
with Punch, the incident occurred on July 19,
2013.
A member of the family, who wished to remain
anonymous, said, Winifred was the first child
of the family. She has a younger sister, Ruth.
We were all in Lagos when we received a call
from NYSC that Winifred was in a critical
condition so her parents travelled to Rivers
State immediately."
It was learnt that Winifred’s parents stayed
with her at the hospital till July 31, 2013, when
the graduate of Home Economics died due to
the burns she had sustained.
When Punch asked Winifred's family why the
suspect committed the act, they said they did
not know as they had never met him before.
A cousin of the deceased said, Winifred and
the guy met in school, but the guy lives in Port
Harcourt while we live in Lagos. The incident is
still a shock to us.
Friends of the deceased, however, said the ex-
lover had been sending threat messages to her
for leaving him . They were not, however, able
to state, the cause of their estrangement.
Winifred was said to have started dating
someone else, which did not go down well with
her ex-lover.
The State Criminal Investigation Department
immediately swung into action and began
investigations into the matter. It was learnt
that the police arrested the culprit, who had
burns on his hands.
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