Members of the Board of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party on Wednesday visited Governor Makinde to commiserate with him and the people of the state over the explosion.
The BoT led by its chairman, Senator Adolphus Wabara, met the governor at his office, in Ibadan.
Wabara commended Makinde on behalf of the board for his prompt response to the unfortunate incident and for showing his prowess as an engineer, by directing that a structural integrity test be conducted on about 230 buildings in the affected area.
He expressed the BoT’s condolences to the governor and the government of the state as well as families, who lost loved ones to the incident.
Wabara called for a thorough investigation to unravel the cause of the incident in order to avoid a recurrence of such incidents in the country.
In his response, Makinde appreciated the body for the visit which he described as encouraging and assured them that investigation has been launched into the incident.