A former member of Oyo State House of Assembly, Barrister Muideen Olalekan Olagunju, has warned that there is a possibility that people working for illegal miners in Ibadan, the State capital, have explosives in their rented apartments.
Olagunju said this in a statement made available to newsmen yesterday.
Recall that explosive devices exploded in a residential building at Dejo Oyelese Close, Bodija Housing Estate, Ibadan, on Tuesday. No fewer than two people lost their lives as a result of the incident while several others were injured.
Property worth millions of naira were also destroyed while hundreds of people were displaced as a result of the incident.
Olagunju, in the statement, titled: More on Ibadan explosion, revealed that a Malian, Sawane Youssouf, who was occupying the building where the incident occurred, is the leader of the illegal miners in the State.
He revealed that Youssouf and three others, including a Nigerian-registered a company called SDYB International Company Limited, with Registration Certificate No: 511184, in 2004, so as to engage in mining activities in the State.
He added that Youssouf, Darame Ibrahima, Yattara Ibrahim and Bakare Hakeem Oladimeji are the directors in the company involved in illegal mining activities, especially in Iwere- Ile in Iwajowa local government area in Oke Ogun area of the State.
The former lawmaker noted that Youssouf has many people working for him in the Bodija area of Ibadan. According to him, each of the staff working with Youssouf might have explosives in their various rented apartments.
He, therefore, advised that Government must immediately determine the locations of those working for Youssouf and take proper charge of explosives in their possession.
