Popular Nollywood actress Aisha Lawal has narrated her near-death experience in the Ibadan explosion on Tuesday night.
Recall an explosion occurred in Ibadan on Tuesday night near Dejo Oyelese Close in the Bodija Housing Estate.
Lawal took to social media to share her experience, stating that she was in Bodija at the time of the explosion and that the loud effect is still felt in her ears.
“Alhamdulilah for today, I was at Bodija when the explosion took place. My ears are still ringing from the effect. Thank God for our lives.
“I parked to buy suya opposite that Estate but later I moved my car from Sloggers Club to the Metro Hotel on the same Osuntokun when it happened.
“God have mercy oo. Too many dead bodies. What exactly is going on,” Lawal wrote.
Ibadan explosion: I lost someone very dear to me – Victim
Meanwhile, Mrs Adebola Adebisi, one of the victims of the Ibadan explosion, has said she lost a brother, Oladipupo, to the explosion at Dejo Oyelese Street Bodija area of Ibadan on Tuesday night.
Adebisi made the disclosure in an interview at the scene of the incident on Wednesday in Ibadan.
The victim said that she was not at home when the incident happened but that the deceased brother was at home as at the time of the explosion.
“I rushed down home when I heard about the incident and everywhere was dark and I could not see anything.
“It was this morning that I was able to see the level of damage done by the explosion.
“The explosion affected our shop and house and I lost someone very dear to me.
“He was at home and trekking outside the house when the incident happened,” she said.
She expressed displeasure at how something of this magnitude would happen in the area and called on the government to investigate the incident and expose those behind it.
TNG reports no fewer than 30 houses and 15 vehicles were destroyed beyond repair as a result of the explosion.
Also, no fewer than two people reportedly lost their lives while 77 were injured.
The Commissioner of Police in the state, Adebola Hamzat said that incident reportedly occurred as a result of illegal miners who allegedly stored explosive devices in their apartment.
Hamzat said that some documents had been recovered at the scene and the name of the mining company had been identified, while further investigation was currently going on about the incident.