About 100 people died on Friday night after an illegal refinery opened fire in the Abaezi community in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area in Imo state.
a criminal case the state government had declared that the owner of an illegal mining refinery, Okenze Onyenwoke, wanted.
More than six vehicles were also destroyed during the incident.
According to a reliable source,
The incident took place in the area between the Achekeke and Abaezi communities,
Everyone at the crash site died in the blast, adding that more than 100 people had lost their lives in the crash.
But survivors of the blast and hospitalization died on Saturday morning but no one survived.
Not one of them survived. The rescuers all died yesterday morning. The death toll is over 100. "People are rushing to look at their relationship but the sad thing is that the dead were burned in an unknown way," he said.
Unidentified cremated corpses littered the area as family members were seen removing the bodies of their loved ones.
It's unfortunate. A tragedy that no one dreamed of when about 108 people burned unconsciously because of illegal oil burning. The government and the government must intensify efforts to stem the tide of the unrest as it has killed scores of people in Ohaji / Egbema and other parts of the Niger Delta. unfortunately '.
he added, It is amazing to see these corpses lying here. Most of them are family eaters. Most of them are promising young people, graduates and graduates, ”
He said,
The Imo Government has long made efforts to stop this illegal business, but to no avail.
others were arrested, more trucks were seized, and other boats were set ablaze, yet they could not control the situation, possibly because of the involvement of high-ranking individuals involved in the illegal trade.
He called on provincial governments and governments to intensify their efforts to eradicate this illegal trade.
he said, “if we have that number and this illegal mockery continues every day, they have questions to answer, ”he said.
Mr David Chibuike complained that he had been in the area looking for the remains of his older sister.
with tears in his eyes, I heard about the incident and had to go downstairs because my sister who was married to someone in the community was affected. I came to identify his body but I did not see him here, ”he said.
He called on the government and security agencies to end the illegal burglary to prevent such massacres.
He further added that the CP had ordered an investigation into the incident
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