Gas explosion kills Bishop’s daughter during Sunday service

Rev. Stafford Nwaogu, the presiding Bishop of Praise Centre Incorporated, Owerri, Imo State, has lost his daughter, Tehila, following a gas explosion on Sunday, June 3, 2018, while the Bishop was presiding over service.

Tehila was buried on June 9, the day she was to celebrate her 24th birthday. She had finished conducting the first session of service on that day and went back to the house to have her breakfast for the main church service, when the incident happened.

“Tehila was still in Church that Sunday morning and she conduction a session of the service before she went to the house to prepare her breakfast. The fire incident happened after she lighted the gas burner at the kitchen, flame overtook the kitchen and burnt her,” a source said

She was immediately taken to Umezuruike Hospital in Owerri, where she was later transferred to Federal Medical Centre in the same Owerri, but died on Thursday, June 7.

It was a sorrowful moment for her family and the members of the church as Tehila was described as a beautiful young lady who dedicated her life and time to serving God unconditionally.

Her friends took to their various timelines on Facebook and Instagram to pay heartfelt tributes to the late Tehila.