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Makinde Provides Update on Ibadan Explosion, Says Over 90% of Victims Discharged from Hospital

Muhammad A. Aliyu
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Published: January 21, 2024
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Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has provided an update on the aftermath of the explosion that occurred at Dejo Oyelese Street in the Bodija axis of Ibadan on January 18, 2024.

The governor stated that over 90 per cent of the victims have been discharged from the hospital, and recovery operations have commenced.

In a statement posted on his official X account, Governor Makinde conveyed, “Yesterday, the medical team at the Emergency Operations Centre and the Honourable Commissioner for Health visited two of the hospitals where victims from the incident were taken, and over 90% of the victims have been discharged.

“The death toll from the incident currently stands at five persons. 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 metre radius; 122 houses at 200 metres radius and 53 houses within a 250 metres radius. 

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“We are also grateful to my brother, Governor Babajide 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.”

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