Hot water kills 5-month-old baby in Suleja

Residents of Angwan Gwari Kwamba in Suleja LGA of Niger State were thrown into mourning after a five-month-old baby, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, was killed by hot water around 7am on Sunday. The mother of the baby, Amina Ibrahim, told our reporter that he died from burns sustained from the hot water he splashed on himself.  She […]

Residents of Angwan Gwari Kwamba in Suleja LGA of Niger State were thrown into mourning after a five-month-old baby, Abdulaziz Ibrahim, was killed by hot water around 7am on Sunday.

The mother of the baby, Amina Ibrahim, told our reporter that he died from burns sustained from the hot water he splashed on himself. 

She said, “He mistakenly clutched a hot water container in a bid to support himself to get up when the water kept by a neighbour splashed on him. He was rushed to the hospital where he died.”

The neighbour, who kept the hot water, Asabe Joy, said she had gone to urinate when she heard people shouting.

According to police in the area, the incident was not reported to them.