The Ebonyi State Police Command has confirmed the demise of Patoranking’s sister Chioma and her husband George.
News About Nigeria earlier reported the couple’s tragic passing as revealed by popular Instagram blogger Cutie Juls on Thursday.
Their demise has since been trending on social media, as many claimed that their death was a result of an implanted bomb, while others are of the opinion that the battery inverter in their house, not the gas cylinder, was the cause of the explosion.
While confirming their deaths, the police also debunked the rumours, revealing that the tragedy was caused by a gas cylinder explosion.
According to the Deputy Superintendent of Police and spokesperson for the Command, Joshua Ukandu, who made the confirmation to newsmen on Thursday evening, the tragic incident occurred on August 25.
He further noted that Patoranking’s sister died on the 30th of August while her husband died on the 11th of September.
Ukandu said, “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.”
