• FEC raises committee to review laws on explosives
• Those behind explosion must be fished out, says Tinubu
• Alake vows to tighten noose on illegal mining, acquisition of explosives
• Afenifere, Urban Alert call for review of illegal mining activities
• Foreign illegal miners ran out of building before explosion, says survivor
• Buildings of ex-Oyo deputy governor, Bola Ige, Akintola, UCH damaged
As victims count their losses from Tuesday’s explosion that shattered the serenity of Ibadan metropolis, there has been renewed calls for the review of activities of illegal miners in the country to checkmate the menace, particularly preventing the recurrence of such explosion.
The incident, in a preliminary investigation by the Oyo State Government, revealed that the explosion may not be unconnected with the storage of explosives in a residential building by illegal miners.
The Guardian learnt that at least three lives were…
Source: Guardian Newspaper
