Enugu woman who was set ablaze by husband has died

Alexander Ndubuisi    : Mrs Ifeaoma Egeonu who was set ablaze by her husband, Mr. Alexander Ndubuisi Egeonu, in Enugu on October 1, has died. She died at the National Orthopedic Hospital, Enugu where she was hospitalised along with her two sons, Udochukwu, 3, and Emmanuel, 6, at about 10 am yesterday.

The deceased housewife, who had seven months pregnancy at the time of the incident, had delivered a premature baby and was kept in an incubator for some days before she died last Sunday, October 23.

• Little Udochukwu who was also burnt in the incident had given up the ghost at the hospital and his body deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.