JUST IN: 3 siblings die in midnight inferno

An apartment fire has caused the death of three children of the same parents on Friday after they were reportedly locked in the house by their father when the fire broke out.

According to reports, their father, an electrician popularly called Baba Ara, locked them in their home at Ehin Grammar Area of Molete, Ibadan on Thursday night and his whereabouts unknown during the incident.

Tribune reported that the eldest, of the children, it was gathered was a secondary school student whose name was given as Glory while the two others were said to be in primary school.

His wife, also known as Iya Ara, was said to have gone to work as she was on a night shift.