A former Bayelsa State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, and current Chairman of the Bayelsa State Board of Internal Revenue, Chief Nimibofa Ayawei, has lost his son Mientei in a tragic fire incident that also claimed the life of his girlfriend, identified only as Happiness. 25-year-old Mientei had just finished his degree programme in Human Resources Management from a university in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Mientei and his girlfriend Happiness are said to have burnt to death in an apartment fire. The cause of the fire incident which occurred on Saturday at the NIIT area of Tombia in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state is yet to be disclosed.
A source close to the family however told PUNCH that the fire was caused by a high electricity voltage which allegedly sparked fire through electric extension, and it started by 4 am on that day. He said the fire, which razed nearly all the rooms and property in the one-storey building, adjacent a filling station owned by the former commissioner, started from the apartment where Mientei and his girlfriend were. The source, who claimed to be a sibling of the victim (Mientei), said when the fire allegedly started, the duo of Mientei and Happiness were sleeping. He said the deceased got knowledge of the fire when the whole room they were in had already been enveloped by smoke and furnace.
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