Ibadan Tragedy: Police Escalate Search For Building Owners, Declare Them Wanted

IBADAN—landlords Association of Adeyi Street, in Bodija, Ibadan, Oyo State, the epicenter of Tuesday’s explosion, yesterday, disclosed that the register of tenants in the estate showed that the twin duplex was rented by one Mahmoud Camara…..CONTINUE READING

Also, the Oyo State House of Assembly has disclosed the identity of the person behind the explosion that rocked Ibadan as Sawani Yusuf.

This came as the Oyo State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Adebola Hamzat, declared wanted the two occupants of the epicentre of the explosion.

Also, the casualty figure in the explosion has risen to five.

Three bodies were pulled out of the rubble between Tuesday and Wednesday, while two more were brought out yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Miners Association of Nigeria, MAN, yesterday, declared that the mining company allegedly behind the explosion in Ibadan is not their member.

The MAN Board of Trustees, BoT, and National Executive Council, NEC, equally vowed to unravel those behind the Tuesday night explosion.

At about 7.44 pm, on January 16, a loud explosion was heard in different parts of Ibadan leading to panic and confusion.