The Nigerian Police Command in Ebonyi has confirmed that a gas explosion in Abakaliki on August 25 resulted in the deaths of Mr. and Mrs. George Onuabuchi.
The explosion, caused by a gas cylinder, claimed the lives of Chioma Onuabuchi, the sister of Afrobeat singer Patoranking, and her husband. Chioma passed away in August, and her husband died in September. The couple leaves behind a three-year-old son.
“It happened in the Waterworks area of Abakaliki on August 25. Residents living nearby alerted our personnel, who visited the scene, but the couple had already been taken to the hospital.

“Unfortunately, both have now passed away. The wife, Chioma, died in August, while the husband passed away this month, in September.

“We gathered that the wife was the younger sister of popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Patoranking.

“There aren’t many details available, as the victims did not survive to share their account of the event. The cause of death was a gas explosion, not an inverter explosion,” Ukandu clarified.