ANOTHER victim of the Molete tanker explosion, who was admitted to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, died in the early hours of Monday.
The victim, Fatai Oyelami, a
policeman, was moved out of the unit at about 6.00 a.m.
This came as the burns units of the
hospital remained a beehive of activities, as many relatives of the patients
continued to besiege the hospital.
Chief Medical Director, UCH,
Professor Temitope Alonge, who assured that the patients were stable, as they
were being attended to by health workers, said the hospital had deployed part
of the consumables donated by Chief Jumoke Akinjide to their care.
He said since the incident happened,
many people, including the state Commissioner for Health, Dr Muyiwa Gbadegesin,
had visited the victim, just as the Chairman, Ibadan South East Local
Government had donated money for the upkeep of the patients.
Professor Alonge, while assuring
that the hospital would do all it could to ensure the survival of the victims,
called for continuous support.
It’s Pathetic –Femi Babalola
A governorship aspirant under the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Oyo State, Mr Femi Babalola, described tghe
Molete explosion, which had claimed several lives and destroyed properties
worth millions of naira, as shocking and heart rendering.
Babalola, when he paid an
on-the-spot visit to the scene, on Monday, said “this is pathetic, sorrowful
and painful, particularly that it claimed lives.”
After going round to ascertain the
extent of damage, the PDP stalwart, who could not hide his sadness, said the
losses moved him to tears.
While commiserating with the people
of Ibadan and particularly, families of the victims, Babalola prayed against a
recurrence of such disaster.
LP Aspirant Commiserates with Victims’ Families
A governorship aspirant on the
platform of the Labour Party (LP) in Oyo State, Chief Akinyo Nurudeen Owolabi,
on Monday, commiserated with families of victims of the fire tragedy, praying
to God to heal their hurts.
Akinyo, who described the incident
as sad and avoidable, urged those who lost family members and properties in the
inferno to take solace in God.
“That incident was saddening and
depressing; it was totally unavoidable. I am baffled by the fact that the fire
raged for hours while only one fire-fighting vehicles battled to put it out.
And to know that a fire station is less than a kilometre away at Scouts’ Camp
made it further depressing.
“I only pray for the families
affected in the incident. May God console them,” Akinyo said.
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