The All Progressives Congress (APC) in Oyo state has lamented the stampede which occurred in Ibadan on Wednesday at a well-publicised funfair packaged for kids in celebration of the Yuletide season.
LEADERSHIP studies that unspecified variety of youngsters misplaced their lives within the stampede that occurred in the course of the funfair organised for kids on the Islamic Excessive School, Bashorun, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital on Wednesday.
Reviews, confirmed by the Oyo state authorities had it that the lack of the organisers to regulate the surging crowd of youngsters and adults who had thronged the Islamic Excessive School, Ibadan venue of the occasion resulted in a stampede which claimed about 32 youngsters whereas an unspecified variety of others sustained various levels of damage.
Oyo APC in a press release issued in Ibadan by its Publicity Secretary, Olawale Sadare, known as on the state authorities to arrange a high-powered panel to analyze the tragic incident with a view to figuring out these believed to be culpable within the unlucky loss of life of the harmless youngsters in addition to establishing the information surrounding the sordid planning and execution of the occasion by the organisers.
“We’re in deep sorrow because of the tragic incident which claimed many lives in Ibadan at the moment. In any given circumstances, the lack of any harmless life attracts lamentations and remorse because it turned extra saddening when it was realised that the ugly improvement may have been prevented it sure authorities had completed the needful within the areas of surveillance, intelligence gathering and pro-activeness.
“Whereas we aren’t going to preempt the Investigative panel really useful for institution by the state authorities over this explicit matter, we name on Governor Seyi Makinde to make sure that justice is completed to the quite a few victims of the tragedy whilst we sympathise with their dad and mom and different members of the family.” APC stated.
