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IBADAN EXPLOSION: DELE ALAKE COUNTERS NIYI AKINTOLA CLAIM

    PRESS RELEASE: IBADAN EXPLOSION: ALAKE AWAITS OUTCOME OF FORENSIC INVESTIGATION, MINES INSPECTORATE DEPLOYED . Since the unfortunate incident of the Ibadan explosion, the Minister of Solid Minerals Development, Dr. Dele Alake swung into action immediately to ascertain the real cause(s) of the blast.  President Bola Tinubu, it would be recalled, placed a phone call to the Oyo state governor in the presence of the minister to commiserate with the governor, victims, and people of Oyo state. Thereafter, the Minister issued a statement of condolence to the victims, commended the succour provided victims by the Oyo governor, and followed up with deploying the State's Mines Inspectorate to the scene of the explosion to join other security agencies in unravelling what led to the blast.  Already, the Federal Government has ordered forensic investigations to determine the real cause of the blast, the explosives type that triggered it and the circumstances leading to the unfortunate incid