Akeredolu orders repair of alternate route to Akure/Owo road damaged by blast
Rotimi Akeredolu, governor of Ondo state, has ordered the rehabilitation of an alternate route to Akure-Owo road that was damaged by a blast which occurred in the early hours of Saturday.
Apart from the road, the blast reportedly left many injured and buildings destroyed.
In a tweet after visiting the scene of the explosion, the governor said his administration would also engage the federal government on how to fast track repairs on the damaged part of the road.
“I have instructed the State Ministry for Works to commence the rehabilitation of the alternate route, a rural road through Iluabo, due to the importance of the Akure-Owo Road,” he tweeted.
“We will also engage the Federal Government on how to fast track the repair of the damaged portion.”
I have instructed the State Ministry for Works to commence the rehabilitation of the alternate route, a rural road through Iluabo, due to the importance of the Akure-Owo Road. We will also engage the Federal Government on how to fast track the repair of the damaged portion. pic.twitter.com/5VIdiBJ8KZ
— Arakunrin Akeredolu (@RotimiAkeredolu) March 28, 2020
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In an earlier tweet, Akeredolu said a vehicle transporting explosives caused the blast.
The governor said the state’s security chiefs told him that one of the vehicles conveying the explosives caught fire, resulting in the explosion.
I have been briefed by the security chiefs that in the early hours of Saturday March 28th, a vehicle in a convoy transporting explosives to a storage facility in a neighbouring state developed a fault while in transit along the Akure Owo Road about 2km from the Akure Airport. pic.twitter.com/3EnmmQBd1E
Advertisement— Arakunrin Akeredolu (@RotimiAkeredolu) March 28, 2020
This people won’t stop losing to us,? A vehicle transporting explosive? I think there is more to that, else let see evidences of the remains of the vehicle and the explosion is caused by vehicle catching fire