Yusuf Bello| The Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Simon Mallam, was one of the many people killed in Saturday’s gas explosion which occurred around 2.00 p.m. on Kachia road by Anguwn Boro in Kaduna, according to Kaduna state government official.
The explosion which occurred at the gas refill centre, trapped many people and destroyed many shops, mostly salons, plumbing materials, boutique, and other businesses.
The Kaduna State Government on Saturday, through the commissioner for information, Samuel Aruwan, said it could not disclose the actual casualty until the conclusion of investigation.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, in a statement on Sunday said the explosion “claimed the lives of several people including the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the Nigeria Atomic Energy Commission, Prof. Simon P. Mallam, and destroyed properties worth millions of naira.”
The speaker sympathized, “with the state government, the survivors and the families of those that died during the explosion.”
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