It was a black Sunday for a young man identfied as Samuel Udoma, who suffered a tragic incident yesterday while watching the Manchester City versus Chelsea game at a bar in Uyo, Akwa Ibom state. According to him, he received a distress call from his neighbors moments after the football match had ended as they informed him that his house was razed down by a heavy fire outbreak.

Read below what he shared on Facebook, narrating how it happened.

Yesterday Sunday March 4th will easily go down as one of my worst days on earth as my room and indeed my entire compound was levelled to ground zero.

I was at Calwino bar for the Man City vs Chelsea game. After the match ended, I decided to sit back and just savour the evening when I got a distress call from my compound at No 10b Afia Etoi Lane,Uyo.

I immediately rushed home and the sight I beheld left me numb and mentally paralyzed for some moments. A sea of concerned neighbors were attempting a Hollywood styled yet frantic rescue mission on my entire compound which has now been enveloped by a thicket of fire and heavy smokes.

I was speechless and totally lost as to whether for real that was my house burning. Immediately, my credentials flashed in my mind and I stealthily negotiated a manoeuvre to the side yard to see if I could enter my room and rescue one or two things,but that was to no avail as the fire had already taken hold of my room and things were bursting up and down. Now totally dejected, all I could do was to stand among the throng of sympathizers and stare with disbelief as my room went down to the powerful embers of the fire.

All efforts by my amateur firefighters to douse the fire with improvised fire repellants proved abortive. With hope now lost,neighbors started removing things from their apartments for fear of the fire going wild and catching their apartments too. I was helpless and terrified by the power and destructive efficiency of fire as an agent of mass destruction. The fire purred and purred.

Fire Service arrived about an hour later but before they arrived the fire had orgasm and the fickles were glowing and gleaming like a hot ore all over the building. Fire Service did indeed poured their water but that could only help mummify the red fire into rich charcoal.

As the site settled with anti climax smokes,I brokenly peeped into my room and it was desolate and totally flat. All the evidence of long years of hustling,certificates,books,appliances,family pictures,documents all gone.

Right now,am left with just this black polo and shorts that I wore to go watch the match..Its kinda weird and unbelievable. But I thank God for life of all in the compound that was not lost.With time,am sure everything will begin to shape up again.

Source; https://www.nationalhelm.co/2018/03/fire-guts-man-compound-in-uyo-akwa-ibom-state-capital.html

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Sorry bro,next time i will see your pictures,it will be you standing in your new apartment with smiles on your face. Is Well.

Thank God nobody was hurt.

It's a pity. Take heart

Buhari must hear this.

and he posed for a picture

He writes so well. Sorry for your loss.

I guess the match was too hot.

Double Wahala.. asif trashing chelsea no do, house kon burn again...

Tjohnnay:
I be chelsea fan

To be honest


Man city is f##king good


Dm play Chelsea like say na Bolton dm dey play


I weep for Chelsea

wn dm go play barca na die dm dey oo

I give up see y'all next season

I was so disappointed with my club

Shame nor allow me wear my Jersey,

I heard they were saving their energy for the Barca match.

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sorry man

And you decided to take selfie with the aches of your room and post for us,


see wat selfie has cause

r.i.p

Poor journalism.

You should have informed us what led to the fire outbreak.

Sorry my brother. Take heart

Sorry oooo

Not only that the team you support lose the match, your house got razed by fire caused by the hotness of the goal. Sorry man.

I be chelsea fan

To be honest


Man city is f##king good


Dm play Chelsea like say na Bolton dm dey play


I weep for Chelsea

wn dm go play barca na die dm dey oo

I give up see y'all next season

I was so disappointed with my club

Shame nor allow me wear my Jersey,

Well written and good pose

Sad script
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Ile oba to jo, ewa lo bu si. All you have lost shall be restored in Jesus name.

His command of English is great.
Tragedy clamps on man sometimes.
Sorry for your loss.

Why the guy come pose inside the burnt house like say him be footballer way Man-city just sign??

Match wey no sweet sef....the house na Chelsea fan....d owner na Man U fan

Sorry for your loss bro, thank God its only material....u will bounce back up so far there is life

Evablizin:



Sorry bro,next time i will see your pictures,it will be you standing in your new apartment with smiles on your face. Is Well.

These are the kind of comments i like seeing on Nairaland

To make matters worse, na Chelsea fan

Thank God he's not an arsenal fan


Dude woulda hanged himself, sorry for your lose man