Akure

Governor Akeredolu Visits Akure Explosion Victims and Offers Free Medical Services

Published

7 years ago

March 31, 2020

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The Governor, Commissioner for Health, and Commissioner for Information Paid a Visit to the Victim of Akure explosion.

The Governor of Ondo State, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, SAN, visited the University of Medical Sciences Teaching Hospital (UNIMEDTH) in Akure on Saturday, March 28, 2020, to see the victims of the explosion in Akure.

The Governor, Arakunrin Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, Commissioner for Health, Dr. Wahab Adegbenro, and his Commissioner for Information, Donald Ojogo, went around the wards to interact with the victims and find out their level of recovery.

At the hospital, Governor Akeredolu directed that free medical services should be extended to all or any of the victims of the explosion.

One of the victims, who is now in stable condition, confirmed that he was the driving force of the truck carrying the explosives, adding that the car was a DAF brand.

While appreciating the medical personnel at the hospital and, therefore, the commissioner for health, the Governor urged them to stay giving the victims full medical attention until they’re fully recovered.

Governor Akeredolu wished the victims quick recovery.

The health commissioner said six of the victims with varying degrees of injuries are discharged, while the remaining are receiving the most straightforward treatment.

Akure

Explosion Rocks Akure as Houses, Churches and a School Destroyed

Published

7 years ago

March 31, 2020

Godwin

The Explosion explision in Akure took place in the early hours of Saturday which left properties destroyed.

Not up to two weeks that an explosion occurred in Abule-Ado in Lagos, another explosion suspected to be a bomb blast destroyed residential buildings, a school, churches in Akure, Ondo state. The Akure explosion has left many people wondered what might have caused it.

The Akure blast which occurred within the early hours of Saturday has left many of us within the state confused as properties were damaged because of this incident.

The Security officials haven’t said what caused the large explosion, which stops a neighborhood of Akure-Owo Expressway, eyewitnesses said it had been likely that explosives being transported through the world detonated unexpectedly.

The bomb blast in Akure destroyed Possibility Church, a well-liked church located but a kilometer to Akure Airport. A school, Aina Awawu International College, nearby was also damaged.

Ondo State governor Rotimi Akeredolu confirmed the incident on Twitter.

“I’ve been briefed by security agencies within the state concerning the loud blast that was heard,” Akeredolu said.

“I am going to be at the scene to assess the recommendation of heads of our security agencies.”

The Governors Tweet on Twitter About The Incident:

I have been briefed by the security chiefs that in the early hours of Saturday March 28th, a vehicle in a convoy transporting explosives to a storage facility in a neighbouring state developed a fault while in transit along the Akure Owo Road about 2km from the Akure Airport. pic.twitter.com/3EnmmQBd1E

— Arakunrin Akeredolu (@RotimiAkeredolu) March 28, 2020

The incident has left many vehicles stranded on the expressway and therefore the scene cordoned off by the police.