Video ~ Peter Obi Insists 3 Omatu Siblings Aged 40, 39, 37 Died Days After No Help

Peter Obi Insists 3 Omatu Siblings Aged 40, 39, 37 Died Days After No Help

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Peter Obi Insists 3 Omatu Siblings Aged 40, 39, 37 Died Days After No Help https://ift.tt/F4T9f8n #Life #Balogun #Ihiala #Lagos #Obi #Omatu #Peter #Uzoakwa ©January 18th, 2026 ®January 18, 2026 9:35 am Peter Obi, the former Anambra State Governor and last Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the Nigeria 2023 general elections has insisted that the three brothers among the 12 persons that died as a result of fire that engulfed the 25-storey Building of Great Nigeria Insurance House plaza at Balogun Market in Lagos Island on Christmas eve, called for help for days with no emergency response from the government under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying, the three siblings; Mr Stephen Onyeka Omatu  aged 40, Mr Casmir Nnabuike Omatu aged 39, and Mr Collins Kenechukwu Omatu aged 37, for days, sent "distressing pleas for help while trapped in the building, yet there were no emergency services to rescue them, Several days passed in the rubble before their bodies were finally recovered, Several days of unanswered calls, of a system that failed them at the moment they needed it most", Peter Obi made this statement after attending the burial ceremony of the three siblings held at Uzoakwa community in Ihiala local government area of Anambra State on Wednesday, after Lagos State Government through the office of the Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso in a statement issued on January 1, 2026 stated that as soon as the fire alarm was received on the day, the government deployed teams of first responders to the scene, including the Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Lagos State Ambulance Services, security agencies, and other emergency and safety units, but, this statement from the Lagos State Government appears not to be inline with an eyewitness account, a resident who spoke with News Central Television at the scene of the fire incident that a phone call was made across to a fire service in Lagos State, but the fire service demanded ₦30 million service fee before the fire service would respond to the emergency issue, this, the resident added that if the fire service had responded on time, the entire building would have been saved probably with no life lost because the fire was only at a single floor when the fire service was called. #OsazuwaAkonedo

Peter Obi Insists 3 Omatu Siblings Aged 40, 39, 37 Died Days After No Help

Peter Obi, the former Anambra State Governor and last Presidential Candidate of the Labour Party in the Nigeria 2023 general elections has insisted that the three brothers among the 12 persons that died as a result of fire that engulfed the 25-storey Building of Great Nigeria Insurance House plaza at Balogun Market in Lagos Island ... Read More "Peter Obi Insists 3 Omatu Siblings Aged 40, 39, 37 Died Days After No Help" »