President Bola Tinubu has said the illegal miners who caused the explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State, must be brought to book.

Daily Trust reports that after the incident, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo blamed it on illegal miners who stored explosive devices in one of the buildings in the Bodija area of Ibadan.

In a statement on Wednesday, Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, quoted his principal as saying: “It is worrisome that the cause of the blast is being attributed to the activities of illegal miners. Those behind the inexcusable and reckless behaviour that has created the conditions for the sad incident to occur must be fished out and punished.”

Tinubu, while expressing sadness over the devastating explosion, commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State.

The president called on all concerned agencies of government to unravel the circumstances that led to the tragedy with alacrity.

President Tinubu directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to work with the Oyo State Government to offer immediate and comprehensive relief to the victims.

richiemcgold:
All these non-nigerians claiming hausa, they are just too many all over the places. That's not the issue though, the issue is that we have given them too much space to do as they like. Majority of them dont even have any genuine papers.
No doubt, we Nigerians are the architect of our own misfortunes

Brendaniel:


Oga speak for yourself, is it the citizens that should be checking the papers of foreigners, then why do we immigration service?
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SalamRushdie:
As usual ..what were dey mining in Bodija ?

fuckJones:
Today make it exactly 7years a woman sharing food in a wedding occasion in Ibadan removed me from line with the allegations that I have eaten before, I will never forget this

Slurity:
Get the point clear, they are not mining in Bodija, but they store the explosive in their house they leave in Bodija with them, According to the eye withness that saw them running away from the house with their children and wives before the blast, they only go to the site in the morning and come back home in the evening, only God knows the actual site of the mining.

casualobserver:

this is so funny! ......but had you eaten before?