The governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, announced that 90 percent of the victims of last Tuesday’s explosion in Ibadan have been discharged from various hospitals. Makinde gave this update on Sunday.
“I commend our security agencies in Oyo State who have been maintaining law and order in and around Bodija this week as well as residents who have been complying with directives from these officers,” he said.
“Yesterday, the medical team at the Emergency Operations Centre, in the company of the Honourable Commissioner for Health, visited two of the hospitals where victims from the incident were taken, and over 90 percent of the victims have been discharged.
“The death toll from the incident currently stands at five persons. The clinical psychologist has commenced counseling for victims of the incident at the Emergency Operations Centre in Ibadan.”
He also mentioned that search and rescue operations have concluded at the Dejo Oyelese Close site of the explosion, and recovery efforts have started.
“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 a 50-metre radius of the blast site, 40 houses at a 100-metre radius; 122 houses at a 200-metre radius, and 53 houses within a 250-metre radius,” Governor Makinde added.
“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.”
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