Two people have been reported killed in an explosion at the Olusegun Obasanjo presidential library in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital.

Channelstv reports that the explosion occurred around 11:23 am at the Marque event centre within the premises of the library, on Thursday.

According to witnesses, the explosion was triggered when technicians were topping up gas into the Air Conditioner at the event centre.

One of the gas cylinders kept in the event centre exploded, throwing the staff into shock and pandemonium.

According to a witness, rescuers dashed to the scene shortly after the explosion and evacuated both the dead and the living.

The gates leading to the OOPL facility were reportedly under lock and key and no official source to confirm or disprove the explosion despite attempts to get such reaction.

This explosion is coming about 48 hours after a similar gas explosion occurred in former governor Gbenga Daniel’s Conference Hotel, Abeokuta, located opposite OOPL and leaving two persons, including 300Level student of Tai Solarin University of Education, Olamide Bakare dead.