TALENTED FOOTBALLER DIES A DAY to HIS BIRTHDAY DUE TO GAS EXPLOSION AS A RESULT OF PHONE TORCHLIGHT

A talented footballer, identified as Enwongo Derick Odosen, has been killed in a gas explosion caused by the torchlight of a phone in Akwa Ibom State.

According to the State's Fire Service, the incident happened on the 6th of October, 2021, along Nwanniba Road, Uyo, just a day to Udosen's birthday.

It was gathered that a fellow tenant had wanted to prepare food and used his phone torchlight for illumination before striking a match to ignite his gas cylinder, which immediately exploded, killing him and Udosen.