Governor ‘Seyi Makinde of Oyo state said the perpetrators of the carnage that brought death and destruction into Ibadan, the state capital on Tuesday night would not go unpunished. The state has already identified the company that stored up the explosives, which caused Tuesday explosion in Dejo Oyelese Street, Adeyi Avenue, Old Bodija, Ibadan.

“Those who brought this tragedy on Oyo State will be brought to book,” Makinde said at a press conference yesterday during which he also stated that government has intensified the search and rescue of victims.

Makinde said that search and rescue efforts would continue until all lives in the vicinity of the blast were accounted for, adding that the state government had also made provisions with hotels to accommodate victims and those living close to the site of the incident once they were able to identify themselves.

“We are aware that aside from the immediate perimeter of the incident, people as far as 25kms away may have been affected physically or psychologically. We have, therefore, put the Emergency Operation Centre, which is being headed by Professor Temitope Alonge, to coordinate all search and rescue efforts, he added. .

The governor urged those staying in any of the houses within 250 metres of ground zero to move out to government-provided accommodation until structural integrity test was conducted on the buildings.