The Oyo State Government has directed security agencies in the state to fish out organisers of the children’s funfair where several deaths and injuries were recorded on Wednesday morning.
The state’s Deputy Governor, Mr Bayo Lawal, disclosed this while visiting the Adeoyo State Hospital, off Ring Road in Ibadan, to sympathise with the victims.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that several persons, mostly children, were feared dead while many others were injured during a children’s carnival at Basorun Islamic High School.
The Deputy Governor said it was disheartening that the event’s organisers failed to inform security agencies about the event knowing that many residents would be eager to attend.
“We are not exonerating anybody connected to this incident, but the government is awaiting the report of the security agencies and we have given a time line to know the next line…
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