The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has deployed emergency response team to Ibadan following the Tuesday night explosion in the Bodija area, where number of people reported killed and others sustaining various degree of injuries.
Penpushing reports that the agency in a communique said it was already working with other partner agencies to restore order, evacuate and assist victims, but said could not ascertain casualty figures as at the time of filing this report.
The communique added that a search and rescue was ongoing, adding that other stakeholders present at the scene included the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Department of State Service (DSS), State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Nigeria Army, Federal and State fire service, Nigerian Red Cross, State Ministry of Environment, and Amotekun Corps.
“More resources are being mobilised to support the ongoing SAR operations. Security has been beefed up in the area while arrangements for more support to facilitate the operations are in progress,” the agency said.
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