TRAGEDY STRIKES AS PROMISING COUNCILLOR HON. CHUKWUMA OKPALAUZUEGBU IS LAID TO REST ON INTENDED WEDDING DAY. (PHOTOS). #PRESS RELEASE.

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  Tragedy Strikes As Promising Councillor Hon. Chukwuma Okpalauzuegbu Is Laid To Rest On Intended wedding Day  By Charity Ejiofor  A day that was meant to mark a joyful union has instead become one of deep sorrow for family, friends, and the Aguata community, following the sudden passing of Hon. Chukwuma Christopher Okpalauzuegbu, the councillor representating Amesi Ward. Hon. Okpalauzuegbu fondly known as Chuma, had been preparing to celebrate his wedding ceremony, an event filled with hope, promise and carefully laid plans. Loved ones, and sponsors, ready to stand beside him as he embark on a new chapter of life. In an unexpected and heart breaking turn of events, those dreams were cut short. Instead of celebration, family members gathered in mourning as his remains were received at Aguata Local Government Area congress of councillors.  The loss had left a profound void, with tributes pouring in to honor a man remembered for his dedication, warmth, and service to h...

18 KILLED IN A MASSIVE EXPLOSION AT A WEDDING IN INDIA.{PHOTOS}.

Indian army and emergency services personnel carrying out rescue work after a building collapsed because of a gas cylinder explosion during a wedding party in Beawar, Rajasthan state, on Feb 18, 2018.PHOTO: AFP.
        A gas cylinder exploded late Friday (Feb 15) at the hotel in the city of Beawar, in the western state of Rajasthan, reducing the venue to ruins and sparking a huge fire.By Saturday evening officials said nine bodies had been found.
By Saturday evening officials said nine bodies had been found.But the figure rose sharply Sunday as rescue teams, aided by the army, found nine more victims including women and children under rubble."So far 18 bodies have been recovered," said Gaurav Goyal, a senior administrative official in Ajmer, the district where the blast occurred, about 200km from the state capital Jaipur."Five seriously injured people, with severe burn injuries, are being treated in hospital,".Recovery teams were sifting through mangled heaps of concrete and steel, removing victims on stretchers covered with white sheets.The blast all but levelled the three-storey hotel where a wedding was underway. Eyewitnesses told local broadcaster NDTV the explosion occurred as a chef tried to refill a cooking canister.Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje visited survivors in hospital late Saturday and announced compensation of 200,000 rupees (RM12,094) each for the families of the dead."The cylinder blast at the wedding ceremony at Beawar is nothing less than a nightmare," she said on Twitter.Domestic gas cylinder explosions are common in India, where safety standards are relatively poor. Reports of fatal accidents from cylinder blasts are frequent but mass casualties are unusual.
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