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Imo To Conduct Mass Burial For Over 100 Persons Killed By Explosion At Illegal Refinery

Posted by Amarachi on Mon 25th Apr, 2022 - tori.ng

The Head of Operations of the National Emergency Management Agency in the state, Ifeanyi Nnaji, said that the mass burial would be carried out by the state ministries of Petroleum Resources and Environment.

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Imo To Conduct Mass Burial For Over 100 Persons Killed By Explosion At Illegal Refinery

The deceased persons who perished in the Friday night explosion at an illegal refinery located in a forest in Abaezi community in the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of Imo state will be given a mass burial, the state government has confirmed.

The Head of Operations of the National Emergency Management Agency in the state, Ifeanyi Nnaji, said that the mass burial would be carried out by the state ministries of Petroleum Resources and Environment.

He said that the charred remains of the over 100 victims had been gathered and were awaiting a mass burial by the state government.

According to the NEMA official, none of the victims had been recognised as they were burnt beyond recognition.
 



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