No fewer than 100 people were killed on Friday night after an illegal refinery went up in flames at Abaezi community in the Ohaji-Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State.

Also, six vehicles were razed during the incident which threw the community into mourning.

Hundreds of people, Sunday PUNCH observed, visited the scene of the incident on Saturday to have a glimpse of the unfortunate development.

Our correspondent counted no fewer than 50 bodies burnt beyond recognition at the scene of the fire explosion, which was said to have happened at about 8pm

The state Commissioner for Petroleum Resources, Goodluck Opiah, told our correspondent at the crime scene that the state government had declared the owner of the illegal refinery, Okenze Onyenwoke, wanted.

He advised the suspect whom he said was on the run to surrender himself at the nearest police station.

The Commissioner said, “This is a sad development. The Imo State Government has declared wanted Okenze Onyenwoke, who owns this illegal refinery. I advise him to hand himself over to the police or any security agency.

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This is terrible

Damn

God

God Have mercy

Can we say this governor carry wahala give IMO people? A once very peaceful state, even as of the few months of Ihedioha. The man enter, badluck follow the people. Killing everyday, crisis every corner.

If this was in the north, nothing would have happened.

The problem of this country is we the masses.. We keep blaming the politicians and the govt... Yet we are not doing it right. Is it the govt that founded the illegal refinery.

The owner was paying his dues to imo state government, the governor is aware of the illegal refinary now that it has caused desaster they want to pretend n behave as if they weren't aware.