Deadi body, blood stains – victims tok of di horror of Ibadan explosion

Oyo state goment don direct pipo wey dey live for Adeyi avenue, Bodija Ibadan to comot di area afta one big explosion shele for di area on Tuesday night.

Di state goment also direct make hospitals dey admit and treat victims of di incident once dem bring dem come dia facility.

One big explosion wey happun wey pipo dey tok say na from mining explosives leave deadly effect for pipo and property of di area.

Videos wey dey go round show pipo still dey worry and buildings collapse sake of di big vibration.

BBC News witness di rescue of one elderly man from under di rubble on Wednesday morning as many pipo bin gather dey look.

Many of dem dey cry and hope to know wia dia loved ones wey still dey miss fit dey.

One of dem na painter wey bin tell BBC News say e neva find im contractor.

“I bin paint one of di collapsed buildings just yesterday but go church and tell am say I go kontinu today but I no know wia e dey.

“I don dey call am but di number no konnect and I see say im motor don destroy.

Aarinola wey witness di event tell BBC Pidgin say she bin dey tok for phone wen she first hear di loud bang wey cause make her phone die immediately.

“My children bin run out of di room to ask me wetin happun, we run outside but we no see anytin, na den we begin run about for ova three hours sake of say nobody fit stay inside house sake of bad chemical smell and broken windows and doors”.

“Wen we reach di place wey di main explosion shelle we bin see a lot of bad tins, broken houses, broken cars,deaths, corpses inside cars, but we thank God say we still dey alive”, Aarionla tok.

Aarinola add say she and her pikins neva go back house since lastnight as dem find hotel fort anoda area to sleep.

Ibadan explosion

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Ibadan explosion

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Residents for di area wia di incident bin shelle tok say dem neva fit account for all di pipo wey dem sabi, dem tell security pipo say dem dey sure say dia pipo still dey trapped inside some of di houses.

One man wey no mention im name say e narrowly escape death as im bin comot im oga house for di area 10 minutes bifo di explosion.

Di man wey go dey middle age dey cry as e kontinu to beg authorities make dem helep am rescue im oga wey e say go still dey trapped for house wit im family.

Anoda woman wey follow BBC tok say plenti pipo don die while oda bodies still dey trapped for rubbles.

Security pipo don cordon off di areas as dem kontinu rescue and evacuation work for di Adeyi Avenue, Bodija Estate Ibadan.

Explosion site

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Ibadan explosion
Bomb squad vehicle

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Ibadan explosion
Explosion site

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explosion site

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explosion site

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explosion scene

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House wey don damage

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House wey don damage

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Di National emergency management agency (Nema) say all relevant agencies of goment don dey alert for rescue operations.

Di South west zonal office for update dem post on Facebook say di “police, DSS, civil defence, Red Cross, Fire service including di local security outfit, Amotekun go follow for di operations wey go start Wednesday morning.”

Late inside di night di Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde tok say na di activities of criminals cause di explosion.

Oga Makinde reveal say two pipo don die from di informate wey im get and 77 pipo don wunjure.

Di govnor tok dis one wen e lead goment officials go di scene of di incident wey don destabilize di state.

Govnor Makinde add say di explosion bin cause death and injury to residents of di state and im don deploy relevant agencies to begin rescue operations.

“In total, 77 injured victims don dey so far and dem don collect treatment. Two deaths bin dey and make dia soul rest in peace,” di govnor tok

Govnor Makinde add say di goment to pay medical bills of pipo wey dey affected and dem go provide temporary accommodation for doz wey dia houses don destroy.

Location of Ibadan explosion

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