IMO STATE GOVERNMENT TO CONDUCT MASS BURIAL FOR VICTIMS OF ILLEGAL REFINERY EXPLOSION

The Imo State Government says it will conduct a mass burial for the victims of the Friday night explosion at an illegal refinery located in a forest in Abaezi community in the Ohaji Egbema Local Government Area of the state.

The Head of Operations of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in the state, Ifeanyi Nnaji said the mass burial would be carried out by the state ministries of Petroleum Resources and Environment as they were burnt beyond recognition.

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