A midnight fire has killed a 24-year-old woman identified as Jumai Sunday and her infant son, Nasir Rabiu, in Abuja.
The deceased, DAILY POST learnt, hailed from the Eggon Local Government Area of Nasarawa State.

The incident reportedly occurred in a house at Kugbo Furniture Market in the Municipal Area Council, AMAC, of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT.

According to eyewitnesses at the scene, the fire outbreak happened while the woman and her only son were in a deep sleep on Wednesday, January 8, 2025.

The eyewitnesses said the deceased’s burnt bodies were discovered by neighbours and sympathisers during efforts to rearrange the property after firefighters had finished controlling the situation.

Confirming the incident to newsmen, the police officer in charge of the Karu Division in Abuja, Lakur Langyi, said his men received distress calls at midnight on Wednesday from the area and moved to the scene, where they discovered a woman and her son burnt to death.

He said the source of the fire was yet to be ascertained, adding that the police have since begun an investigation into the matter.

“Yes, there was a fire incident in Kugbo at a place called Bakassi. My men got distress calls at midnight Wednesday and moved to the area, where they discovered a woman, identified as Jumai Sunday, with her one-and-a-half-year-old boy burnt to death,” he said.

The victims have since been buried in Kugbo Cemetery off the Abuja-Nyanya-Keffi Expressway.

Midnight fire kills woman, son in Abuja