…I lost my NYSC certificate, other credentials – Victim
From Uchenna Inya, Abakaliki
Fire has gutted a big building in Nwiboko, Ishieke in Ebonyi local government area of Ebonyi State.
The fire burnt the building and all the property inside it. The incident occurred on Thursday this week.
One of the victims of the inferno, Esther Nwokoro lamented that she lost her National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) discharged certificate and all other credentials from her primary school to university level.
“My apartment has been gutted by fire, all my belongings have been burnt. All my certificates from primary school down to university are all burnt to ashes.
” All the clothes I’m selling, my wigs, my personal wears/ clothes and shoes and all my properties have gone.
“Pathetically, my NYSC Certificate that almost took my life during the journey has burnt into ashes. I’m homeless, I don’t know how I will manage to stay alive again.
“My life has turned up side down, where can I start? Since my 200 level, my sponsor declined from rendering help to me to pay school fees but I promised myself that I can’t be a school drop out and suffered till I graduated by engaging in different legitimate businesses.
“I travelled on 31st December last year to my village for new year celebration and received calls from my hostel mate on 2nd January this year that our house has been gutted by fire. I am now helpless, hopeless and homeless God why me?”, she lamented.