The Oyo state government is to prosecute three in connection with the Bodija explosion.
This was disclosed by the Special Adviser on Security to Governor Seyi Makinde, CP Fatai Owoseni (rtd), while addressing a press conference Tuesday at the Governor’s Office shortly after the presentation of the report on Bodija explosion to Oyo state government.
CP Owoseni (rtd) said the three persons have been identified in connection with the cause of the unfortunate incident and that the identified persons will face prosecution based on the investigation carried out.
He pointed out that the Oyo state government would bring the perpetrators to book and that the government would check on the immigration status of all the people of interest since a majority of them are from Mali.
“We have been able to report that the swiftness with which security was deployed to the epicenter had so far successfully made the state to fully secure the environment,” he said.
CP Owoseni (rtd) added, “And with the security that was provided, the state has also been able to prevent untoward happenings, especially opportunistic crimes that hoodlums always take advantage of such situations to carry out.
“We would recall that an emergency situation centre was put in place by the governor, and was located at the premises of Oyo state Housing Corporation, Ibadan. The EOC has so far collated information, data of things that happened there and some of the data collated include census of the respective houses and the fatalities that were affected including the extent of losses suffered.
“As of 6 p.m. on Friday, 3rd of February, which was the 18th day of the incident, a total of 335 affected persons registered at the emergency situation centre including 16 companies or business operators, churches, mosques, three schools and the UCH also approached the centre to report on their losses.”
