13th September, 2024
By Christian Ogbonna
The Police have explained how a young couple in Abakaliki, the capital of Ebonyi State identified as Mr and Mrs George Onuabuchi died from the explosion of gas cylinder in their home.
The spokesperson for Ebonyi Police Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu said this while disputing the claim that the couple died from an explosion of inverter in their home.
Ukandu said that preliminary investigation showed that the couple died from gas explosion.
He said the incident occurred on August 25 and while the wife died some days after, the husband died this month from the injuries sustained in the blast.
“It happened on waterworks axis in Abakaliki on August 25. The residents living around the scene called the attention of our personnel who visited the place but the couple has already been taken to hospital.
“It’s very unfortunate that both finally died. The wife, Chioma died sometime in August while the husband died this month, September.
“We gathered that the wife was a younger sister to the popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Patoranking .
“There are no much details because the victims could not survive to tell the story. So, what killed them was gas and not inverter explosion,” the police spokesman explained.
Also speaking, one of the relatives who refused to mention his name described the incident as bad for the family.
“They were young couple. They had only a child, three years old son.
“Please I have no more to say. I cannot say more than this. They have gone,” the relative said. (NAN)
