By Ayodele Oni
The National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA) has said that over 100 bodies of those that died in last Friday inferno at an illegal crude oil refinery in Imo state are now awaiting mass burial.
The unfortunate incident occured in a forest at Abaezi in Ohaji Egbema local government area of the state.
President Mohamadu Buhari, and two former Governors of the State, Senator Rochas Okorocha and the Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha are among those that had symphartized with government and people of the State. And so has the United Nations.
Head of Operations of NEMA in Imo state, Mr. Ifeanyi Nnaji disclosed in Owerri that the bodies were burnt beyond recognition.
He said the State Government would carry out the burial for the victims since the bodies had already started decomposing.
The NEMA official described the illegal refining site as a large market involving people from all parts of the country hence identifying the victims was very difficult.
The State Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr. Declan Emelumba, said staff of the Ministry of Health and that of Petroleum were collaborating to ensure the mass burial was carried out before the end of Tuesday.
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