Abuja, Jan. 17, 2024 -The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has set up a committee to review the laws guiding the control of explosives in the country.
The move is to determine whether the laws were being violated by ubscruplous elements.
.Mohammed Abubakar, the Minister of Defence, disclosed this while addressing journalists after the first FEC meeting.
He warned the public against crowdfunding to pay ransoms for kidnapped victims, saying it will only worsen the spate of abductions.
“The first question has to do with the Ibadan explosion where the governor said that preliminary investigation suggested that there are some explosives around the area where it happened that are owned by some illegal miners.
“Well, we have seen that report. There is another report suggesting that it was a gas explosion. So, our team are there trying to find out what is the cause.
“But for the council to be proactive, it has already set up the committee that I told you to look into how the control of explosives law was broken if indeed there are explosives around the area where this incident happened.
“That was why the committee was set up to look at the rules to see where the chain is broken and see how it can be fixed and gather more information if this is happening rampantly around the country.
“You all know that there is strict rule in the storage, movement and ownership of these explosives and the rules is being monitored. If there is any case of breakdown, we will find out and deal with it.”, he said.
