By Simon Ebegbulem

BENIN—THE University of Benin, UNIBEN, community has been thrown into mourning, following the death of a senior staff of the university’s Audit Department, Mr. Godwin Emualosi, and his wife after their cooking gas cylinder exploded.

It was learned that the couple returned to their home after work last Friday and discovered leakage in their cooking gas; the smell was all over the kitchen.

They were said to have sent their four children to one of the rooms.

But tragedy struck when the couple attempted to stop the leakage, the gas cylinder exploded in their faces leaving the man dead instantly.

The wife was rushed to the hospital but died a few hours later due to the serious burns she sustained in the explosion.

A staff of the university, Mr. Maxwell Oshodin, described the incident as shocking to the university, adding that the late Emualosi was a dedicated and hard working staff of the university.