The Oyo State Government announced on Wednesday that it had identified at least three people for the Bodija explosion.
According to media reports, some explosive devices burst at the Bodija Housing Estate in Ibadan in January.
Fatai Owoseni, the Governor’s Special Adviser on Security, stated three people have been identified as suspects in the incident.
He stated that the identified individuals will face prosecution based on the findings of the investigation.
While speaking, Owoseni argued that the explosion occurred on Aderinola Street, not Dejo Oyelese Street.
He claimed that Nos. 8A and 8B are the epicentres of the disaster.
Owoseni further revealed that the explosive is classified as ‘Water Gel Type Based Explosive’ and that the explosion was caused by an electric spark.
He went on to say that a closed-circuit television in one of the impacted residences captured footage of the incident.
Giving an update on the incident, he said, “We have been able to report that the swiftness with which security was deployed to the epicentre had so far successfully made the state to fully secure the environment. And with the security that was provided, the state has also been able to prevent untoward happenings, especially opportunistic crimes that hoodlums always take advantage of such situations to carry out.
“The EOC has so far collated information, data of things that happened there and some of the data collated include census of the respective houses and the fatalities that were affected including the extent of losses suffered.
“As of 6 p.m. on Friday, 3rd of February, which was the 18th day of the incident, a total of 335 affected persons registered at the emergency situation centre including 16 companies or business operators, churches, mosques, three schools and the UCH also approached the centre to report on their losses”.