Posted by A gas explosion in a couple’s home in Abakaliki, the capital of the Ebonyi state, killed both of them, according to the state’s police.
Contrary to what you might have heard on social media, there was no inverter explosion or dynamite involved.
A gas explosion was determined to be the cause of death for Mr. and Mrs. Chioma Obasi based on the initial investigation conducted by the police.
Supposedly, the late Chioma was Patoranking’s sister, the famous Afrobeats artist.
The explosion that occurred at their apartment not long ago allegedly caused the couple’s catastrophic injuries.
The pair has been undergoing treatment at an unidentified hospital in Abakaliki after being brought there by concerned neighbours following the explosion.
A family source informed schoolhubby that George, Chioma’s husband, passed away yesterday, and that she passed away five days after the tragedy.
The couple’s son, who was three years old at the time, was reportedly upstairs watching cartoons on his dad’s phone when the gas explosion happened.
The reason of the explosion that killed the couple has been the subject of various reports since the occurrence.
Speculation varied as to what caused the explosion; some thought an inverter battery, others gas, and still another dynamite set by the couple’s enemies.
Reports that the couple had celebrated the completion of their new residence recently have led to suspicions of foul play, which has fueled the latter theory on social media.
Since the explosion destroyed nearly everything on the building’s ground level, one concerned neighbor asserted that it was a bomb explosion.
“They were my neighbours,” he remarked. On Sunday afternoon, we were the only ones who heard the detonation. As we hastened to the compound, we noticed flames billowing from the newly constructed structure. Inside, we found all the electronics destroyed, with broken ceiling, doors, and windows.
We initially assumed a gas cylinder explosion had occurred. Only God knows what was implanted in that house; no inverter can tell you that. To him, it sounded like an explosion.
Nevertheless, the state’s police force disproved the claim that the tragedy was caused by a gas explosion and instead blamed a dynamite or inverter burst.
This was said by Joshua Ukandu, the command’s spokesperson, when chatting with our correspondent.
According to the initial findings, a gas explosion was the cause. He speculated that a gas leak may have been the cause, adding that opening the door could have been the spark that set everything off.