Nigeria: Gas Explosion Causes Panic at Defence Headquarters

12 December 2012

Abuja — There was pandemonium at the Defence Headquarters, Abuja, Wednesday, when what was later learnt to be a gas cylinder exploded thereby causing panic among the officers and men of the Nigerian military.

The explosion it was gathered, occurred at the Defence Headquarters Restaurant Kitchen at about 1: 30pm during a routine maintenance work.

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