50 Imo explosion victims buried in mass graves

Fifty bodies of victims of Friday’s illegal refinery explosion in Imo State have been buried in mass graves. They were buried yesterday in Abaezi forest in Abacheke Kpofire community of Ohaji Egbema council in the state. Speaking at the grave site, chairman of the council, Marcel Amadioha, said only 50 victims who could not be identified were given mass burial. The exercise was witnessed by security agents and officials of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). Over 130 people died in the blast, some reports claimed. The victims were buried, at about 5pm, in three graves dug by locals. Journalists

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