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President Bola Tinubu has said the illegal miners who caused the explosion in Ibadan, Oyo State, must be brought to book.

Daily Trust reports that after the incident, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo blamed it on illegal miners who stored explosive devices in one of the buildings in the Bodija area of Ibadan.

In a statement on Wednesday, Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, quoted his principal as saying: “It is worrisome that the cause of the blast is being attributed to the activities of illegal miners. Those behind the inexcusable and reckless behaviour that has created the conditions for the sad incident to occur must be fished out and punished.”

Tinubu, while expressing sadness over the devastating explosion, commiserated with the government and people of Oyo State.

The president called on all concerned agencies of government to unravel the circumstances that led to the tragedy with alacrity.

President Tinubu directed the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to work with the Oyo State Government to offer immediate and comprehensive relief to the victims.

https://dailytrust.com/ibadan-explosion-illegal-miners-must-be-fished-out-tinubu/

Nice move

Today make it exactly 7years a woman sharing food in a wedding occasion in Ibadan removed me from line with the allegations that I have eaten before, I will never forget this

Medicine after death,there are many illegal activities going on in the country with the active connivance of government regulatory agencies.

All government regulatory agencies should be restructured and put on their toes to do their primary assignment.

Thousands of unregulated activities are going on in the country with the regulatory agencies collecting bribes.

Just like Buhari will say....

No wonder Tinubu did not see anything wrong in Buhari's 8 years in office

richiemcgold:
All these non-nigerians claiming hausa, they are just too many all over the places. That's not the issue though, the issue is that we have given them too much space to do as they like. Majority of them dont even have any genuine papers.
No doubt, we Nigerians are the architect of our own misfortunes

Oga speak for yourself, is it the citizens that should be checking the papers of foreigners, then why do we immigration service?

You guys always try to defend the government failures because you the leaders currently there, please just speak for yourself and don't generalize for Nigerians abeg

Yes o!!

As usual ..what were dey mining in Bodija ?

All these non-Nigerians claiming Hausa, they are just too many all over the places. That's not the issue though, the issue is that we have given them too much space to do as they like. Majority of them don't even have any genuine papers.
No doubt, we Nigerians are the architect of our own misfortunes.

Brendaniel:


Oga speak for yourself, is it the citizens that should be checking the papers of foreigners, then why do we immigration service?
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Are the immigration officers not Nigerians?
The landlords renting out their buildings to foreigners they know little or nothing about what they do for living, are they not Nigerians?
The people within their immediate community, some of which are aware of their nefarious activities, are they not Nigerians?

In Nigeria never allow urself to be a victim, avoid it at all cost. I take this moment to invite you all for Glory Reign 2024 starting from next week monday to friday.

@least, we can be rest assured we have a president unlike the effigy that just left, that would always express shock after months of the incident. The present and the past president have one thing in common tho which is FAILURE despite the fact that the present is in touch with present reality.

They are not illegal.

G

Natural resources in ibadan?
Who are the miners? Citizen or foreigner?
Are they arrested yet or the gov will wait small first?

What are they even Mining. This means that everybody is taking their respective natural resources on a low in this country. Why then will the military and these pipeline security units attacking us in our respective villages here ?

Dnt forget zafara

Not until something evil happen

Who is mining in New Bodija area and what are they mining to necessitate storing of dynamite/explosives in residential area? A lot of things are really wrong.

All talk no action.

Can somebody explain to me why nairaland bot would ban me for some hours??
It has happened twice now after making comments that doesn't in any way broke nairaland regulations.

One thing i like about my president is daht he's always quick to respond to certain issues.

They need to catch those wicked people.
Peoples house that was destroyed
Who will pay for it?

Ogbologbo, dem wan desecrate every temple

SalamRushdie:
As usual ..what were dey mining in Bodija ?

Get the point clear, they are not mining in Bodija, but they store the explosive in their house they leave in Bodija with them, According to the eye withness that saw them running away from the house with their children and wives before the blast, they only go to the site in the morning and come back home in the evening, only God knows the actual site of the mining.

Good. But this has been going on for a while

https://nairaland.unblockandhide.com/6238474/inside-ibadan-precious-stone-market

Dele Alake should be summoned to Aso rock. Just see the impact on the environment

Newspaper President

This man doesn’t know the nature of work he collected. Work go don tire Mr Emilokan

It's just this morning Tinubu and Makinde realised that there are illegal miners in Nigeria.

Maybe it's because the minister of solid minerals is a journalist

fuckJones:
Today make it exactly 7years a woman sharing food in a wedding occasion in Ibadan removed me from line with the allegations that I have eaten before, I will never forget this

this is so funny! ......but had you eaten before?

Slurity:
Get the point clear, they are not mining in Bodija, but they store the explosive in their house they leave in Bodija with them, According to the eye withness that saw them running away from the house with their children and wives before the blast, they only go to the site in the morning and come back home in the evening, only God knows the actual site of the mining.

Why God? Are you saying that government has no idea of the activities of illegal miners in the state?

Medicine after death as usual....

casualobserver:

this is so funny! ......but had you eaten before?

No