The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has confirmed the death of four persons due to a fire incident at Ede Obuk area of the state.
The victims are: Daniel Usoro, Anthony Anthony, Enobong Sampson and Akpabio John.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, DSP Odiko MacDon, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday.
He said that investigation is ongoing to determine the cause of the accident and to prevent such from occurring again in the state.
“I can confirm the unfortunate incident, as the matter had been reported to the station.
“In fact, the Director of the company is currently receiving treatment in an unknown hospital in the State.
“The Commissioner of Police, Mr Musa Kimo had commiserated also with the families of the deceased.
“We are calling for safety measures to prevent such incidents from happening again.
“However, we are asking that there should be more safety checks to ensure that similar occurrence does not happen again.
“Meanwhile, we are also interested in knowing how and why the accident happened,” MacDon said.
