Alake In Oyo For Spot Assessment Of Explosion

The Minister of Solid Mineral Development Dele Alake has arrived in Ibadan to assess the current situation on the explosion that occurred in Ibadan.

Dr Alake was received at the Ibadan airport by some officials of the Oyo State Government alongside the Chief Medical Director of the University College Hospital, UCH, Ibadan, Jesse Otegbayo.

The minister is expected to meet with  Governor Seyi Makinde and thereafter move to the epicentre of the incident and to the UCH where the victims are being treated.

Dr Alake is also expected to be briefed on how far the Government of Oyo state has gone with the investigation.

By Georgina Humphrey, Edited By Grace Namiji