Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has provided an update on the mining company responsible for the explosion in the Bodija area of the state.
He stated that the Corporate Affairs Commission certificate of the company revealed foreign names as owners.
The governor made this known while featuring on Channels TV program, “Politics Today”.
He said, “We recovered one individual alive today (Wednesday) under the rubble. 60 of the 77 people hospitalised have been discharged,” the governor said.
“We are trying to uncover the identities of the people. We’ve done a few fact-finding on the company involved and yes, there are indeed some foreign names on the CAC documents of the company involved but these are still early days. We don’t have anything to cover,” he said.
The death toll from the blast has risen to three, with one more victim passing away in the hospital.
The governor mentioned that one individual was rescued alive from the rubble, and the majority of the 77 people hospitalized have been discharged.
He assured the public that the government is conducting investigations to uncover the identities of those involved.
He also emphasized that the incident was not related to banditry or insurgency but rather illegal miners storing explosives in a residential area.
Governor Makinde expressed his commitment to transparency and stated that there is no reason for a cover-up.
The governor further informed that those whose houses were destroyed in the explosion have been provided temporary shelter in hotels in Bodija and Agodi areas of the state capital.
