The Oyo State governor Seyi Makinde says 90 per cent of victims of last Tuesday’s explosion in Ibadan have been discharged from various hospitals.
Governor Makinde said this on Sunday when he gave an update about the incident.
“I commend our security agencies in Oyo State who have been maintaining law and order in and around Bodija this week as well as residents who have been complying with directives from these officers,” he said.
“Yesterday, the medical team at the Emergency Operations Centre in company of the Honourable Commissioner for Health, visited two of the hospitals where victims from the incident were taken and over 90 per cent of the victims have been discharged.
“The death toll from the incident currently stands at five persons. The clinical psychologist has commenced counselling for victims of the incident at the Emergency Operations Centre in Ibadan.”
He also said search and rescue operations have ended at the Dejo Oyelese Close site of the explosion and that recovery efforts have begun.
