Explosion destroys missionary school in Umuahia

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BY Unknown Sunday, December 03, 2017 0

Explosion destroys missionary school in Umuahia

Explosion destroys missionary school in Umuahia

A huge fire from an explosion at Saclux Paints Industry in Umuahia, Abia State, on Sunday destroyed a missionary school building in the neighbourhood.
The owner of the school, known as Love for Africa Mission, Mr. Emeka Okereke, told the News Agency of Nigeria that a tanker, allegedly bearing ‘black oil,’ exploded inside the company’s premises around 1pm.
He said the fire started with an explosion shortly after they ended the Sunday service at the school.
“We ended the Sunday service around 12:15 pm and I was trying to lock up the gate, when I heard a heavy explosion, accompanied with billows of heavy smoke and fire moving up the sky.
“The incident caused panic and stampede as everyone of us scampered into different directions, including the nearby bush, for safety,” he said.
He said the fire later spread into the school building, which doubles as his family residence, when oil from the exploded tank spilled into the compound.
He said that as the fire raged, some youths in the area made attempts to move into his building in order to rescue some valuables.
Okereke said he restrained them because he feared they might be trapped inside the building.
“But when they insisted and attempted to pull down the entrance gate, I gave them the key with which they entered the compound,” he said.
He said the sympathisers succeeded in pushing out the two jeeps that were parked in the compound, adding that he could not ascertain the extent of the damage, as no other property was recovered from the building.
An eyewitness account said fire fighters from the state fire service came to the scene but could not control the fire due to insufficient water.
NAN gathered that the fire fighters returned to the scene and eventually put out the fire with the assistance of a commercial water tanker driver in the area.
Some residents of other buildings close to the factory evacuated their belongings for fear that the inferno would spread to their houses.
One of the fire fighters, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said they encountered “logistics problems” in their efforts to put out the fire.
The Police Public Relations Officer of the state, Mr. Geoffrey Ogbonna, confirmed the incident to NAN on phone.
Ogbonna also said no life was lost in the incident and that the fire was successfully controlled.

Instagram friend drugged, had sex, took my nude pictures -Student

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Instagram friend drugged, had sex, took my nude pictures -Student

Instagram friend drugged, had sex, took my nude pictures -Student

A University of Ilorin female student (name withheld), has narrated how a man she met on Instagram drugged, had sex and took her nude pictures in a Lagos hotel.
Crying profusely while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria on Sunday in Ilorin, the lady said she met the man through social media network (Instagram), where the relationship started.
“He asked for a relationship which I was reluctant to accept but I accepted.
“I met him for the first time in Lagos when I was on holiday. He later invited me to a hotel in Ojo area of Lagos, that was when I met him for the second time.
“It was when I was preparing to return to school, so he demanded sex which I turned down.
“He promised me N15,000 and transferred it to me, we had a drink but I noticed I was dizzy.
“So it was when one of the hotel waiters brought a condom that I started to cause a scene before people came to my rescue.
“Later that day, he called and threatened to send my nude pictures he took to my Daddy, I was surprised how he got my father’s number.
“It was because of the threat that I had to go to him again to have sex and to ask him to delete all the pictures but he again said he had video of when we were having sex.
“I couldn’t confront my parents because I was scared and told my pastor, so it was my pastor that reported the matter to the police,” the Unilorin student said.
She described the man as a devil who had taught her a painful lesson.
Confirming the incident, Kwara police spokesman, Ajayi Okasanmi, that the suspect was arrested but escaped during interrogation.
“We invited the suspect to Ilorin with the help of the lady he was threatening.
“We arrested him and seized the phone which has the nudes pictures.
“So, we asked an officer to go and search where he lodged in Ilorin only for him to escape in the process and we have not seen him till date,” Okasanmi explained.
Okasanmi said that the suspect later went on social media claiming that he collected money from him
The Kwara Police spokesman challenged the suspect to come out and sue him if his claims were true.