'It's a national disaster': Buhari speaks on death of 100 in Imo

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President Muhammadu Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed the nation’s armed forces, security and intelligence agencies to intensify the clampdown on illegal refineries.

This follows the reported deaths of over 100 people on Friday night after an illegal refinery exploded at Abaezi forest in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.

Buhari, in a statement issued by presidential spokesman, Garba Shehu, described the incident as a “catastrophe and a national disaster.”

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Buhari said responsibility for the loss of lives and property must squarely lie with the sponsors of the illegal refinery, “who must all be caught and made to face justice.”

The president conveyed the condolences and the full depth and range of the nation’s shock and trauma to the families of the victims, the Ohaji Egbema community and the government and people of Imo State.

Buhari urged community leaders, the police, and the secret service to never allow the occurrence of the heart-breaking incident in any part of the country again.

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