One person was killed during the
weekend after explosion rocked a popular pharmaceutical company in the Moore
area of Ile Ife, Osun State.
It was gathered that
pharmaceutical products worth millions of naira were also consumed.
The explosion was also said to
have affected some of the adjoining buildings, while the area was cordoned off
by the police.
A resident, who gave his name as
Tola, told journalists that an improvised explosive device was planted in the
building.
According to Tola, “The building
came down around 10pm on Saturday. The owner of the building died in November
2017 and there was a crisis on the sharing of his property, which included the
building.
“The workers at the
pharmaceutical company closed around 8.30pm and we learnt that somebody sneaked
into the building and planted the explosive.
“The injured man was taken to the
OAUTHC where he died from the injuries he sustained. The victim was one of the
owner’s family members.”
The Police Public Relations
Officer in Osun State, Mrs. Folasade Odoro, said the cause of the incident had
yet to be ascertained.
“One Adebayo Seun of Moore Street,
Ile Ife, reported at the ‘A’ Division that around 10.15pm, after closing their
pharmaceutical shop, someone called him that there was a fire incident in their
shop.
“As they turned back to Ife, they
discovered that the whole equipment used in the pharmacy, drugs and other goods
therein, valued at about N50m, were razed by fire, while the storey-building
also collapsed. The cause is unknown. No life was lost. Investigation is
ongoing.”
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