AKURE EXPLOSION : AFENIFERE CALLS FOR INQUIRY... Appeal to victims

Afenifere , Yoruba Pan-Socio group has expresses  heatfelt sympathy with the government and people of Ondo State over the explosion that occurred on Akure-Owo road early hours of Saturday .

In a statement signed by the national publicity secretary of the group, Yinka Odumakin said all accounts so far indicate that the explosion occurred from a possible fire incident from a vehicle that was carrying explosives through the state.

Reitrates that though the identities of the movers have not yet been known, that the police have claimed they were escorting the ordinances (bombs) when they noticed some challenge.

Noting that while  the group have nothing to contradict the stated accounts yet, demanding that an inquiry into this disaster in accordance with Ordinance and Fiream Acts to be able to determine the type of ordinances that exploded. 

Adding that the inquiry shouid be able to ascertain the following :

1 The identities of those transporting the ordinances :

2 The origin of the ordinances :

3 Who assigned the escorting policemen and under what circumstance

4 Where was the destination of the Imppviesed Explosive Devices.

The group spokesperson saying while Nigerians and the whole world wait for  answers,  expresses displeasure with the  rate of explosions in Yorubaland in recent time. First was the blast in Ekiti State in early February this year with investigation blaming it on "human error". Followed by the massive explosion in Abule Ado in Lagos which was attributed to some spurious pipeline explosion which the group rejected because the long-range impacts of that explosion could not have come from pipeline explosion. 

Adding that till date Identity of  the owners of the articulated vehicles found on the scene of the Lagos explosion while the the number of casualties and level of  suggested damage done to Catholic owned Bethlehem School suggested delibrate targeting.

Afenifere however noted that the whole world  wait to know the level of casualty in the latest incident in Ondo,  appeal to the people to be very careful in these perilous times.