Aftermath of Akure gas explosion: Angry youths stone Mimiko

by Damilola Jagun

Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State and his entourage escaped death at Arakale in Akure, the state capital on Saturday night on their way to  Idanre where a gala night was held to mark the grand finale of the annual tourist Mare festival.

Mimiko had gone  to sympathize and join in efforts to help rescue trapped victims and put out the raging fire at a cooking gas depot on the busy Arakale road in the state capital.

Point-blank news reports that the fire fighters were said to have told first responders when fire engulfed the gas plant that they had not fuel in their tank to come put out the fire as quickly as possible.

This development irked residents of the area who decided to take the revenge of the governor and his men, who jeered and hulled stones at the governor, depicting him a corrupt leader.

According to an eyewitness who gave his name as Olu Aladenusi, “The gas depot ought not to have been sited along a residential area such as Arakale. But in furtherance of the evil sectional agenda of weakening and destroying Akure, the administration continues to pack ajeles into positions for which they are not skilled or competent.”

Olaniran Obe, a young University graduate said that he did not know that the explosions had not stopped when he joined other sympathizers to put in effort at rescuing victims.

According to Mr. Obe: “no sooner did we begin to assist that cylinders began to lift into the air with fatal consequences, my brother, I ran. I lost my shoes. I thought I had been caught or killed, but the moment I found out that I was still running, I knew I had not died”.

Soldiers were late drafted in from the 323 Brigade of the Nigerian Army to curb the situation.

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