On Saturday July 27, 2013 an 11-year-old girl, Ita Bassey-Eno entered into serious pains, as the woman she lives with, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi a practicing Nurse with a hospital in Surulere set her ablaze. She poured kerosene on the girl before lighting a match to set her ablaze. The ugly incident occurred because Irokazi alleged that the girl stole a piece of meat from her pot.


After being set ablaze, she ran out from their apartment to the street begging for help with fire all over her. She was eventually rescued by a motorist who used fire extinguisher to stop the flame.

While the issue was reported to Police station in Surulere, Doctors at the General Hospital, Gbagada, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, are seriously battling to save the life of an 11-year old girl, Ita Bassey-Eno, who was allegedly set ablaze by the woman she lives with, Mrs Nkese Iroakazi, a nurse at a hospital in Surulere.