Bethlehem Girls College

Abule-Ado Gas Explosion
Abule Ado: How Lagos community lost over 20 lives, houses, and N2 billion worth of properties to gas explosion

Residents of Abule-Ado, a community near FESTAC in Amuwo Odofin area of Lagos, woke up to a deafening explosion on the morning of March 15, 2020 after a truck crashed into gas cylinders stacked in a gas processing plant.

PHOTOS: A closer look at the impact of the Abule Ado explosion

Many people who never visited the site of the explosion, are oblivious of the extent of damage done to the area.

How the Principal of Bethlehem Girls College, Rev. Sister Henrietta Alokha died to save her students

According to eyewitnesses, Alokha was reluctant to move to safety until the last child was rescued from the rubble.