Mutane biyu sun mutu sakamakon fashewar gas da ya faru a wani shagon cika gas a Orazi, cikin gundumar Obio/Akpor ta jihar Rivers a ranar Asabar da ta gabata. Hukumar ‘yan sanda ta bayyana cewa fashewar ya faru ne lokacin da wani makanik da ke gyara firiji ya yi ƙoƙarin cika gas yayin da yake wela a lokaci guda, inda aka ce mutane 18 sun sami raunuka.
Babban Likitan Asibitin Jami’ar Jihar Rivers, Prof. Chizindu Alikor, ya bayyana adadin waɗanda suka mutu yayin da yake amsa tambayoyin ‘yan jarida bayan da Kwamishinan ‘Yan Sanda na jihar, Olugbenga Adepoju, ya ziyarci asibitin inda waɗanda abin ya shafa ke jinya a ranar Talata. Alikor ya ce an kawo mutane 16 daga cikin waɗanda abin ya shafa zuwa asibitin, amma mutane biyu sun mutu.
Ya kara da cewa, “Yanayi ne mai tausayi saboda mun sami mutane 16 da fashewar gas ta shafa an kawo su nan. A matsayin asibiti tare da cikakken goyon bayan gwamnatin jihar Rivers, mun kasance muna kula da su sosai. Ko da yake daga cikin 16, mun rasa mutane biyu, amma ƙungiyar da ke kula da konewa da kuma filastik tare da goyon bayan dukkan tsarin suna aiki sosai don kula da marasa lafiya.”
Game da yanayin konewar da suka samu, shugaban asibitin ya ce ba zai iya bayyana cikakken bayani ba saboda dalilai na ɗa’a, amma ya ce marasa lafiyar sun sami konewa iri-iri. Ya kara da cewa, “Wannan lamari ne na ƙwararru kuma na ɗa’a. Muna da su a nan, konewa iri-iri da ake kula da su sosai. Mun kasance tare da danginsu, waɗanda suka kawo su kuma daga baya ‘yan uwa suka zo. Mun ƙarfafa su amma mafi muhimmanci mun tsaya tare da su ta hanyar tabbatar da cewa duk abin da ya kamata a yi wa ‘yan uwansu da ke tare da mu a nan ana yin shi.”
A gefe guda, Kwamishinan ‘Yan Sanda, Olugbenga Adepoju, wanda ya yi tafiya zuwa asibitin don ba da gudummawa ga waɗanda abin ya shafa, ya ce shugaban yankin da ke kula da al’ummar Orazi ya kuma ziyarci wasu asibitoci inda wasu waɗanda abin ya shafa ke jinya. Ya kuma yi kira ga jama’a da su yi taka tsantsan lokacin amfani da gas.
