AKURE: Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State and his entourage having descended the hills of the circuit city of Idanre where a Gala night was held to mark the grand finale of the annual tourist Mare festival nearly got lynched at Arakale in Akure, the state capital on Saturday night.



Dr. Olusegun Mimiko had allegedly gone with siren blaring escorts to sympathize and join in efforts to rescue trapped victims and put out the raging inferno at a cooking gas depot on the busy Arakale road in the state capital. Irate civilian rescuers had allegedly been worked up by the lack of quick response from the fire service department. Fire fighters were said to have told first responders when the gas explosion that triggered huge fire balls first started that they could not come as they were poorly funded as a result of which they had no fuel in their trucks or hydrants and other firefighting equipment.
Apart from the poor response and cold shoulder from confused officials, angry youths and centres of the landmark city also said that they were holding Dr. Mimiko responsible for deliberately closing his eyes to the way in which a culture of corruption and nepotism has now destroyed whatever the state used to boost of in terms of proper urban and regional planning.

“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”, said Olu Aladenusi, who claimed to have narrowly escaped being hit by the canisters and cylinders that first flew to the air moments after the fire started.

Olaniran Obe, a young University graduate said that he did not know that the explosions had not stopped when he joined other sympathizers to put 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”.
The people of Akure who charged after Governor Mimiko also threw objects at fire fighters who later came. “Whatever had the symbol or look of government was our target,” said a youth who said that his name must not be printed because of the suspicion that agents of the administration may want to launch reprisal attack.

The youth explained that the vehicles, properties and officials of the state and federal administration have become icons of corruption. The people at the scene of the tragedy accused Governor Mimiko of squandering resources on a “wild dream of trying to relocate the capital of Ondo state to Ondo town. He has perfected an agenda of selecting and anointing idiots and buffoons as “ajelese” over Akure people”.

Lately, he moved from the political turf to threatening to impose an Adesida whose mother came from Ondo as the monarch of Akure. That would be resisted. Everyone knows that it is the turn of Osupa ruling house to produce the next Deji, said one of the youths who claimed to have derived pleasure from joining to chase Governor Mimiko away.

Soldiers were later said to have been drafted in from the 323 Brigade of the Nigerian Army before things could be brought under control. The youths said that the soldiers did not shoot at any defenseless citizen. “Oh if they did, then we shall defy them and chase Mimiko out of Akure,” said another youth.

The casualty figure from the explosion which allegedly started at about 6.45pm was not yet clear. But an eye witness claimed that more than twenty bodies must have been removed early Sunday morning. Another independent source said he only saw one body late Saturday night. The injured were also said to have been taken to hospitals “which are poorly equipped as Mimiko has strategically taken everything that would have assisted in managing trauma to Ondo, his native town”.

Notwithstanding, the Arakale fire is likely going to affect the future of city planning around Ondo State. A popular debate programme on the local OSRC channel had drawn attention to the danger inherent in the location of gas stations around residential buildings. While the government reacted swiftly by X-marking some structures for possible demolition, many people sent messages to the host of the programme accusing him of being meddlesome.

Source:

http://www.persecondnews.com/index.php/component/k2/item/2561-irate-youths-hurl-stones-at-mimiko-accuses-him-of-corruption

I have said it before,that is how it will be for them all.If Jonathan can't fight corruption for us,we will fight it ourselves.

That's good for him!

I hope they broke his head

APC is taking back that state. Change must reach there soon.

mimiko is loosing his strength I ondo politics he will regret it joining PDP his second term is a trash he will be disappointed in Feb 14 2015 polls voting for Gej of PDP.

I am completely disappointed at the administration of Mimiko in Ondo state during this second term. This is one of the reasons i do not support second term for our leaders, they go there with i don't care,i have nothing to loose attitudes.
His performances earned him the second term but he has totally neglected the people and sacked/stopped the salaries of many people who he knew during the first term but became strangers during his second term

PassingShot:
APC is taking back that state. Change must reach there soon.

it is a PDP state sir.

T

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I guess that is transfer of aggression.

Ondo state workers are still on strike at the moment over unpaid salaries.

its politically motivated.
politicians using stupid youths since 1480.
If a governor is corrupt then you throw stones at him?
what if his security guards shoot at you?
Headline : "police shoots a final year student"

Are they not gbasibe again.......

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We are getting there next will be jonathan and the others

so is it a lie?

I dont see Pdp winning in this state during the Presidential Election

All the corrupt politicians the end is almost near

Change is coming

Let's stone those corrupted politicians

He must have checked na, who knows if he had already died and was now running a heavenly race to the gates of heaven

I thought He was a Messiah at some point.

What Changed?

Good Morning Nigerians

I told u dont cross to pdp u didnt heed...fp tho

Who no come ,No go know..

Bad market for PDP

Thi is how treat PDP members in Kano. We give them beat of their life because they are bunch of silly people.

huh

lols!

These is serious