September 13, (THEWILL) – Dancehall singer, Nnaemeka Okorie, aka Patoranking, has lost his sister, Chioma and her husband, George Onuabuchi, to an explosion that occurred in their home in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.
The incident reportedly happened on August 25, with many alleging that the explosion was from the inverter in their home.
The state police command in Ebonyi State said the explosion was from a gas cylinder and not an inverter
Joshua Ukandu, the police spokesperson in Ebonyi, said that a preliminary investigation showed that the couple died from a gas explosion.
“It happened on the waterworks axis in Abakaliki on 25 August. The residents living around the scene called the attention of our personnel who visited the place but the couple had already been taken to the hospital.
“It’s very unfortunate that both finally died. The wife, Chioma, died sometime in August, while the husband died this month, September. We gathered that the wife was a younger sister to the popular Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Patoranking.
“There are not many details because the victims could not survive to tell the story. So, what killed them was gas and not an inverter explosion,” Ukandu, a deputy superintendent of police, said.
The couple left behind a son.
