A former member of the Oyo State House of Assembly, Barrister Muideen Olalekan Olagunju, has revealed details of the illegal miners responsible for the Tuesday explosion.
Olagunju disclosed that one Sawane Youssouf, a Malian, led the illegal miners in the state.
Youssouf and three others, including a Nigerian, registered a company called SDYB International Company Limited in 2004 to engage in mining activities in the state.
Youssouf, Darame Ibrahima, Yattara Ibrahim, and Bakare Hakeem Oladimeji were the directors of the company involved in illegal mining activities, especially in Iwere-Ile in Iwajowa Local Government Area.
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He advised the government to immediately determine the locations of those working for Youssouf and take proper charge of explosives in their possession.
He said:
“How he was able to do that in a residential estate with a few eyebrows raised is a failure of intelligence at both government and community levels.
“To think the location is just a stone’s throw from the government secretariat is damning. His own negligent stupidity, as well as government’s taciturn approach to security of lives and property, has caused unnecessary deaths, injuries and property damage.
“I searched the website of the Corporate Affairs Commission to find that Sawane Youssouf incorporated a company on May 17, 2004, called SDYB International Company Nigeria Limited with RC 511184. This is the list of directors: (1) Sawane Youssouf, (2) Darame Ibrahima, (3) Yattara Ibrahim (4). Bakare Hakeem Oladimeji. By their names, three of the four directors hail from Mali.”
