Oyo State governor, Seyi Makinde, said he has received the official report of the January 16 explosion that occurred at Adeyi Avenue in Bodija, Ibadan, which killed five persons and injured many others.
The Special Adviser on Security to the Governor, Fatai Owoseni, who briefed reporters after presenting the report to the governor yesterday, said three persons of interest had been identified concerning the cause of the explosion.
He added that the identified persons will face prosecution based on the investigation.
Owoseni said the character of the explosive is known as ‘Water Gel Type Based Explosive’ and that an electric spark triggered the explosion.
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He explained that a closed-circuit TV in one of the affected houses gave footage of how the incident happened.
He said the government would also check the immigration status of all the people of interest since the majority of the suspects quizzed were from Mali.
The chairman of the Nigeria Institute of Structural Engineers, Mbim Okutinyang, the lead coordinator of the team that carried out structural integrity on the affected houses, also told journalists that 282 houses were affected.
Mr Alonge said the site of the incident had been cleared in terms of radioactivity, as the EOC invited the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Agency (NNRA) to conduct another screening.
