Bodija Residents Association Says Ten People Still Missing Since January 17 Ibadan Explosion

About ten residents of Bodija in Ibadan, the Oyo State Capital, are still missing following the last January 17 explosion in the city.

The Chairman of the Bodija Residents Association, Muyiwa Bamgbose, made this known on Wednesday in Ibadan while addressing newsmen after a consultative meeting of the association.

He said the number of people in the Bodija axis missing since the night of the explosion has hit ten. Officially, five people were declared dead in the explosion, while 77 others were injured and 58 houses were damaged.

Governor Seyi Makinde presented the preliminary report of the explosion to President Tinubu last weekend.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that BERA, an umbrella body of all communities in Bodija, also called for massive assistance for victims of the explosion to get back their lives.

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It pointed out the need for continuous care and support for victims whose lives had changed unexpectedly since the incident.

Members of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday visited Governor Makinde to commiserate with him and the people of the state over the explosion.

The BoT led by its chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, met the governor at his office, State Secretariat Agodi, Ibadan.

According to NAN, Wabara commended Makinde on behalf of the board for his prompt response to the unfortunate incident and for showing his prowess as an engineer, by directing that a structural integrity test be conducted on about 230 buildings in the affected area.

He expressed the BoT’s condolences to the governor and the government of the state as well as families, who lost loved ones to the incident.