8th Edition
Innocent Yamawo
2nd
Prize
Innocent Yamawo is a little boy who lives with his ecclesiastic parents. Innocent would certainly live to remember this sad event for a very long time. Two years ago, as he was just clocking five years, Innocent’s house was gutted by a fiery inferno. He and his parents were able to make it out of the inferno. However, his one year old baby sister was in the house and nobody could summon courage to dare the fire and go in to rescue the little baby.
The Fire Service office was called but it took them time to arrive at the scene. His wailing father attempted to go into the burning house but he was held back by several people who judged that it was a futile attempt, as he may not make it out of the fire. Innocent stood by his mother who held his hands tightly; some female sympathizers were consoling her. Suddenly, Innocent jerked his hands out of his mother’s grip and ran into the burning house in an attempt to rescue his only sister. There was a loud shout from the crowd that was watching helplessly.
After a while, Innocent surfaced from the fire, carrying the lifeless body of his little sister. The one year old girl was long dead, asphyxiated by the intense smoke from the fire. Innocent sustained third degree burns which had led to some deformities on his body. Innocent got severely burnt and lost the complete use of one of his hands. The incident was covered by the press who came to interview Innocent’s mother who gave thanks to God that although her daughter died in the inferno, she was able to bury her corpse, thanks to her son Innocent. Her son will remain her hero for the rest of her life
