MondayHeadlines 1. Explosions rock Lagos - 2. MBuhari, Lawan, Gbajabiamila, governors, Tinubu, others sad over explosion - 3. Two foreign-based Nigerian doctors die from COVID19 - FestacExplosion
Family of four, Rev. Sis. among 17 deadHow it happened, by NNPCIt was a black Sunday in Lagos as multiple explosions killed no fewer than 17 persons.
No fewer than 62 pople, including pupils of a girls boarding Catholic secondary school were injured and taken to hospitals.The principal of the school Rev. Sis. Henrietta Alokha, died after rescuing all the pupils. Another priest who was conducting Sunday mass for the pupils was injured.Many vehicles were ruined by the explosions which magnitude was said to be comparable to the January 2002 Ikeja Cantonment bomb blast.
“It is during post emergency phase that we will know what happened here. From the information gathered, the truck was carrying score stone and the truck was about 1t metres away from the pipeline. Also, Rear Admiral Oladele Daji, Staff Officer, Western Naval Command, told newsmen that the pupils were stabilised at the Navy Hospital.
“Our advice to people is that there is no need to panic. We are on top of the situation and the fire has been put out through collaboration by the various agencies.“We are still waiting for the outcome of the result to know the cause of the fire outbreak,” Oke-Osanyintolu said. “The causes are yet to be determined while security agents are investigating the cause of the explosion and recovery and rescue activities were carried by the Ministry of Special Duties, LASEMA men of the Lagos State fire service crew, Federal fire service department, Safety Commiission, LABSCA and other first responders.“We sympathise with the families of the dead and wish the injured quick recovery. We appeal for calm and urge residents to shun fake news.
“The first thing is to allay the fears of the people. Yes, it was an explosion that was heard but an explosion does not necessarily have to be a bomb like people are saying. Nobody has done investigation to confirm it is a bomb. We will look into all possibilities; we are not going to ignore any possibility but then when you have pipes or gas it can explode and may cause such effects. But at the end of the day, we will be able to ascertain what it is that really caused it.
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