Careless mother serves kerosene to 18-month old son as water

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File Photo: A victim of kerosene explosion

A nursing mother in Benin City, Edo State, Mrs. Ata Buhari, has allegedly served her 18-month old baby kerosene, instead of water.

The incident which led to the death of the child, occurred at about 10a.m at Iguma Street, off Orewere Street, off Medical Stores Road, Benin City.

It was gathered that the victim, Isreal Buhari, complained to his mother, a kerosene seller, that he was thirsty and she gave him a liquid stored in a beverage can to drink, unknown to her that it was kerosene.

The child, the only male among the four children of his parents, had drank some of the content before his mother realized her error.

Few minutes after drinking the substance, the little child’s eyes turned white as he screamed uncontrollably.

The distraught mother, with the help of neighbours, gave him palm oil before he was rushed to a hospital in the…

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