21 Jan Bodija Explosions: Security Agencies Still Investigating Incident – Gov Makinde

Oyo State Governor, Engr Seyi Makinde yesterday, said security agencies are still investigating the last week Tuesday night explosions at Bodija area of Ibadan

The Governor who made this known in an update on the incident declared that an update on the  investigation will be publicized.

Governor Makinde stressed that his “administration remains committed to supporting all victims of this unfortunate incident and ensuring that everyone responsible is brought to book.”

He maintained that as at present, 90 per cent of victims of the explosions at Dejo Oyelese area have been discharged from various hospitals and that the death toll so far still stood at five.

” Security agencies are still investigating the incident and an update on their investigation will be publicized”, he said.

Gov Makinde added, “Yesterday, the medical team at the Emergency Operations Centre in company of the Honourable Commissioner for Health, visited two of the hospitals where victims from the incident were taken and over 90 per cent of the victims have been discharged”.

“The death toll from the incident currently stands at five persons. The clinical psychologist has commenced counselling for victims of the incident at the Emergency Operations Centre in Ibadan.”

Governor Makinde commended the security agencies in Oyo State for maintaining law and order in around Bodija as well as residents who have been complying with directives from these officers.

He stressed further that a clinical psychologist has begun counseling for victims of the incident at the Emergency Operations Centre at the Oyo State Housing Corporation, Bodija, Ibadan and that search and rescue operations have ended at the Dejo Oyelese Close site of the explosion and that recovery efforts have begun.

Appreciating the Nigerian Society of Engineers, who have begun carrying out structural integrity tests on about 230 properties around the site of the blast, he expressed gratitude Gov Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for releasing the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) to support Oyo State.

“The operations at Ground Zero have moved from search and rescue to recovery. Let me use this opportunity to thank the Nigerian Society of Engineers who have been carrying out structural integrity tests on about 230 properties around the site of the explosion; 13 houses within 50 metres radius of the blast site, 40 houses at 100 metres radius; 122 houses at 200 metres radius and 53 houses within a 250 metres radius.

“We are also grateful to my brother, Governor Jide Sanwo-Olu for releasing the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) to support us, and for the assistance offered by the team led by Engineer Olatunde Akinsanya, the Director of Operations.