2 Feared Dead In Obasanjo Library’s Gas Explosion

An explosion that occurred at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library complex in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital has reportedly claimed two lives.

Eyewitnesses’ account said that the explosion took place around 11:23 am at the Marque Event Centre within the premises of the Obasanjo Library, on Thursday, May 20, 2021.

According to witnesses, the explosion at the Obasanjo Library was triggered when technicians were topping up gas into the Air Conditioner at the event centre.

The latest development brings to four the number of explosions recorded within Abeokuta in the last one week.

No fewer than six persons, including an infant, died in three different gas explosions in Abeokuta from those other incidents.

Recalled that the Conference Hotel in Abeokuta owned by a former Governor, Gbenga Daniel, was also hit by an explosion, killing two and injuring three others.

Similarly, the two occurrences of gas explosion last week claimed the lives of an infant and three others. – With Ist News reports