{"id":68321,"date":"2024-01-17T15:47:18","date_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:47:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=68321"},"modified":"2024-01-17T15:47:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-17T15:47:18","slug":"video-ibadan-residents-interrogate-illegal-miners-story-as-15-rescued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=68321","title":{"rendered":"(Video) Ibadan residents interrogate &#8220;illegal miners&#8221; story as 15 rescued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Residents of Ibadan are seeking evidence that illegal miners and not terrorists are behind the massive explosion that rocked the Bodija area of the ancient city on Tuesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 368px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-68321-1\" width=\"368\" height=\"656\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/VID-20240117-WA00442.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/VID-20240117-WA00442.mp4\">https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/VID-20240117-WA00442.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">This comes as some allege that the building may have been a manufacturing one rather than a storage facility, just as daylight videos of the devastated area surfaced all over the Internet.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">One source, who lives far away from Bodija says the blast has made him begin to take a second look at suspicious-looking fellow residents of his estate and unoccupied buildings that people stray in and out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">&#8220;Was the information on illegal miners fully processed before it was taken to the public domain. That should have been done, except Governor Makinde is very sure of what he was talking about,&#8221; Chief Kenny Ola, said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">&#8220;We need further information,&#8221; he said. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">And on social media, this transpired between two analysts:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Ali: This illegal miner story, is it even true?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Olu: We can&#8217;t really say. That is what the Oyo State Governor actually said. Yet he has refused to disclose the miners and who they are.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Ali: That narrative is a dangerous one if no arrests have been made and no evidence that any of them died in the blast. Were Chinese persons living there, and what were they mining in Ibadan?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Olu: It is somehow fishy. What are they mining in Ibadan that could have warranted keeping such explosives in residential buildings?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Meantime, at least 15 persons have been removed from under the rubble during the ongoing rescue operations at the scene.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The Branch Secretary, Nigerian Red Cross, Oyo State branch, Mr Olaleye Ojo, stated this in Ibadan on Wednesday, a day after the explosion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">He noted that the operation was jointly carried out by various agencies, including Red Cross, NEMA, SEMA and security agencies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Ojo said that rescue operation commenced in the early hours of Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">According to him, they official have been attending to people and taking them to various hospitals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cRescue operations are still ongoing and we are trying to gather more information on the residents of the area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cWe cannot specifically say when the operation will be over,\u201d Ojo said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">He stated that about 30 buildings were destroyed by the explosion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Ojo stated that the injured people were taken to nearby hospitals, as government had made provision for them not to be rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">\u201cHospitals have been complying with government\u2019s directives to accept victims of the explosion and give them adequate treatment,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The explosion destroyed some office buildings and other structures within the State Secretariat Complex in Agodi.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The impacts of the explosive were said to be severe on some buildings, media reports said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Some of the affected offices included: Water Corporation building, which houses two ministries; the Revenue Building and the newly-built Local Government Service Commission building.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Others were: Local Government Staff Training School, some parts of the Governor\u2019s Office, the State Secretariat Central Mosque and the Secretariat Chapel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Shattered window glasses and doors, collapsed ceilings were observed, with some pieces of office equipment, such as computer systems littering the offices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Some staffers of the affected offices were also seen in front of their offices discussing the incident, which they described as devastating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">A civil servant, who simply identified himself as Jide, said the incident was unfortunate, but gave glory to God that it happened after the close of work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">He said that it would have been worse if it had happened during work hours, saying many members of staff would have been trapped.<\/span><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_240117_162633_210.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents of Ibadan are seeking evidence that illegal miners and not terrorists are behind the massive explosion that rocked the Bodija area of the ancient city on Tuesday. 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