A newlywed couple, Dozie and Joan Okoye, have reportedly died in the gas explosion on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
TheNewsGuru reports that the explosion, involving a tanker exploded on Tuesday evening on Otedola Bridge along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, causing heavy traffic and panic on the route.
Reports indicated that responders recovered four charred bodies, including that of an auto mechanic identified as Rotimi Adeleye.
TNG learnt that Dozie and Joan were on the way home when their phone lines suddenly became unreachable.
After searching for them at the Burns Center in Gbagada and Yaba Mortuary, their charred remains were finally found on Wednesday evening.
The only identification was their car’s registration number, which was found among the burnt vehicles.
The couple only got married on February 22, 2025.
Friends of the couple have taken to their various social media account to mourn their death.
MC the young wrote: “My classmate who i attend her wedding last 3 weeks died in a gas explosion caused by a tanker at Otedola bridge Lagos. Joan ur village people who did this to you will never know peace. My heart is heavy. I love you so much. You are supposed to go back to your base at USA on Friday.
Nelly Kelly: “Outbreak at Otedola Bridge. Otedola bridge took a vibrant soul away from Ladipo Oluwole Zenith Bank. Please come back to us. Two weeks you did your wedding and resumed yesterday and same yesterday you said goodnight to us along with your wife? Otedola bridge took a newly couple from us.”