At least 17 persons died as a result of the incident while
over 50 houses were destroyed by the impact of the explosion on Sunday.
The Lagos State Government has announced a N2bn relief fund
for victims of Sunday’s explosion in the Abule-Ado area of the state.
Governor of the state, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, made the
announcement while addressing journalists at the scene of the explosion on
Monday.
He said that an additional sum of N250m will be released
immediately and announced that an investigative committee chaired by Obafemi
Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos, had been set up to look into the incident
behind the explosion.
The committee has been given two weeks to do an extensive
investigation into the cause of the incident and what needs to be done to
ensure that it does not happen again.
At least 17 persons died as a result of the incident while
over 50 houses were destroyed by the impact of the explosion on Sunday.
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