Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has disclosed that the Peoples Democratic Party’s (PDP) presidential candidate for the 2023 election, Atiku Abubakar, has yet to sympathise with him over the recent explosion in Ibadan.
The explosion last week killed at least five people, injured 77 others, and destroyed 58 dwellings.
Speaking to the Labour Party’s (LP) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, on Monday, Makinde, who was elected on the PDP platform, bemoaned that his party’s candidate in the previous presidential election has failed to phone or text him since the event.
According to the governor, an investigation is underway to thoroughly solve the enigma behind the tragedy.
He said:
“You came here to commiserate with us over the explosion. I am particularly grateful because the President has reached out to me, you also have reached out to me but my own party candidate (Atiku), not even a call or a text message.
“I am saying this openly because our leaders should know that they need to have time for politics and humanity too.
“Investigations are still going on, it was an issue of illegal miners storing explosive devices in an environment where they should not be kept.”
cc: Daily Post Ng
