Gas explosion kills Couple in Ebonyi State
A couple, identified as Chioma and George, has died in a gas explosion in Abakaliki, Ebonyi state’s capital. The spokesperson of the Ebonyi State Police Command, DSP Joshua Ukandu, confirmed the incident to journalists on Thursday.
There were speculations that the couple probably died of a dynamite or inverter battery explosion, the PPRO cleared the air saying “The preliminary report shows that it was a gas explosion that killed Chioma and not dynamite or battery although further investigation is still ongoing”
Chroma was said to have died five days after the explosion while her husband succumbed to injuries sustained from the blast on Wednesday, September 11, in the hospital.
