Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State and his entourage escaped death at Arakale in Akure, the state capital on Saturday night.
They were on their way to Idanre where a gala night was held to mark the grand finale of the annual tourist Mare festival.
It was gathered that Mimiko had gone to sympathize and join in efforts to help rescue trapped victims and put out the raging fire at a cooking gas depot on the busy Arakale road in the state capital.
Piontblank news reported that the fire fighters were said to have told residents that they had not fuel in their tank to put out the fire as quickly as possible.
This development irked residents of the area who decided to take the revenge on the governor and his men.
They jeered and hulled stones at the governor, describing him as a corrupt leader.
According to an eyewitness who gave his name as Olu Aladenusi, “The gas depot ought not to have been sited along a residential area such as Arakale. But in furtherance of the evil sectional agenda of weakening and destroying Akure, the administration continues to pack ajeles into positions for which they are not skilled or competent.”
Olaniran Obe, a young University graduate said that he did not know that the explosion had not stopped when he joined other sympathizers in effort at rescuing victims.
According to Mr. Obe: “no sooner did we begin to assist that cylinders began to lift into the air with fatal consequences; my brother, I ran. I lost my shoes. I thought I had been caught or killed, but the moment I found out that I was still running, I knew I had not died”.
Soldiers were late drafted from the 323 Brigade of the Nigerian Army to curb the situation. .
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