It would be recalled that on the 9/2/2019 at about 8:30pm,there was a fire incident caused by Petrol Tanker explosion at Amawbia roundabout Awka in Anambra State.

  1. So far, a total number of Seven Corpses were certified dead at various hospitals by medical Doctors while the only surviving victim was referred to the University Teaching hospital Nnewi and was admitted at the intensive care unit of the hospital.
  2. Consequently, out of the seven Corpses confirmed dead, three are deposited at Amaku General Hospital Morgue, two at Regina Caeli Hospital and another two at Piston Hospital Morgue for postmortem examination.
  3. Meanwhile, Situation was brought under control and obstruction cleared. Investigation is still ongoing.

SP Haruna Mohammed PPRO Anambra State Police Command.