The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA South West Zonal Office, has shared photos showing the damaged building in the Ibadan explosion incident that occurred last night, January 16.
NEMA said that Improvised Explosives Devices IED are responsible for the explosion that rocked Adeyi Estate in Bodija Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday night, January 16.
The Southwest Zonal Office of the Agency stated that a distress alert for the explosion was received at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday at Bodija GRA behind Ace Mall Ibadan.
The zonal coordinator said mobilised response agencies were deployed to the scene of the explosion. On arrival at the scene, it was observed by NEMA that it was a suspected explosion of an IED, which affected over 20 houses
Casualty figures by the agency could not be ascertained. Search and rescue operations were still ongoing.
Survivor shares photo of himself covered in dust
Ade, a survivor of the explosion that rocked Bodija area of Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, January 16, has shared a photo of himself covered in dust after his near death experience.
“I escaped. I don’t even know what’s happening here in Ibadan but we are safe. All we heard was a massive blast,” he said on Tuesday night.
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Former deputy gov. of Oyo State laments he has been rendered homeless following Ibadan explosion
A former deputy governor of Oyo State, Barrister Iyiola Oladokun, has disclosed that he and his family were affected by the explosion that rocked Ibadan on Tuesday night, Jan. 16.
Oladokun said the explosion destroyed his house, rendering him homeless.
Recall that an explosion occurred at Dejo Oyelese Close, Bodija Housing Estate in Ibadan, killing at least 2 and injuring 77.
Many houses were also destroyed due to the impact of the explosion.
Speaking with journalists on Wednesday, Jan. 17, Oladokun, who served as a deputy governor when Alhaji Lam Adesina was governor from 1999 to 2003, said his residence was among the houses affected by the explosion.
He said that he and his family members cannot sleep in his house again due to the damage from the explosion.
According to him, a friend had to provide accommodation for him and his wife after the explosion on Tuesday night.
He noted that properties worth millions of naira were destroyed in his house as a result of the incident.
Oladokun said, “I am one of the residents of Dejo Oyelese Close. My house was affected.
“We were just watching the football match when the explosion occurred. All the doors that were closed were forced open.
“It was very devastating. All the doors, burglaries, windows and even the roof have gone.
“We give glory to God that me and my wife were not hurt.
“I am just coming back now because we can’t sleep here again. We couldn’t sleep here yesterday. We had to use our phone to move out yesterday. We had to find somewhere to sleep yesterday.”
