For residents, the shattering bang that followed a gas explosion on Tuesday evening was reminiscent of the January 27, 2002 bomb blasts that rocked the Ikeja cantonment; the only difference was Tuesday’s boom was once. AjaoEstate Nigeria
of the January 27, 2002 bomb blasts that rocked the Ikeja cantonment; only difference was Tuesday’s boom was once.
One of the survivors, Abayomi Okeshola, a barber, told The Guardian that when he was inside his shop at the scene, a guy named Tope, who owns a boutique nearby, sent someone to call him. “When the person got here, I asked him why Tope was calling me? The response was that Tope just wanted to see me and he was about leaving his shop. While going to the boutique, I saw a man coming with a tricycle, who wanted to refill his gas.
“A customer named Bamidele, aka Alfa, came to fill gas. She and the Alfa were in a haste. The customer was rushing and she also was in a hurry to go home. She was already in her vehicle when her daughter came down from the car to open the shop in order to attend to the customer. I had not got far from the shop when the explosion occurred and affected my head a little.
It was gathered that Funke was planning on getting married while her mother would have travelled to the United States to check up with her son, but for the outbreak of COVID-19, which led to the closure of the airports. One of the responders at the scene said: “The part I saw here belongs to Alfa, while we got one of his arms on Asa Afariogun Street at the front of a shop. Meanwhile, Alfa sat down inside with daughter of the gas shop owner before the explosion.”
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