Expressinfo eported that the pipeline explosion which rocked Abule Ado community of Lagos State in the early hours of Sunday and affected the Bethlehem Girls College also killed the school’s Administrator.
Earlier videos that captured the students of the boarding school being evacuated from the scene of the explosion went viral.
"@ambode44: The Children from Bethlehem school, just beside the point of Explosion had to be whisked over the Fence, many Injured. @Gidi_Traffic #Abuleado Pipeline Explosion, Festac pic.twitter.com/8lUvul1j2n
— GIDI (@Gidi_Traffic) March 15, 2020
According reports from eyewitnesses, Reverend Sister Henrietta Alokha, the Principal of the school was inside the building saving the students who were trapped in the building.
The appropriate authorities are yet to reveal if any student died in the building. However, eyewitnesses say Sister Henrietta succeeded in rescuing all the students before the roof of the collapsing building eventually fell on her.
Many took to social media to mourn her death as she has been labelled the heroine of the black sunday.
I just read that Bethlehem College, Abule ado is a boarding school with kids now injured in the pipeline explosion in Lagos. It’s sad that we keep writing about reoccurring preventable tragedies. It’s unforgivable for our kids to pay for our inefficienciespic.twitter.com/MJyezSRUoC
— Ayò-Bánkólé Akíntújoyè (@AyoBankole) March 15, 2020
