Ogun Government Shuts Gas Facility, Deploys Experts After Methane Leak Hits Ijebu-Ode Schools

Ogun State has ordered the shutdown of a local gas facility after repeated air pollution incidents at Ijebu-Ode schools. Students at Our Lady of Apostles Secondary School experienced respiratory distress and were taken to the State Hospital, though all were stabilised without fatalities. Environment Commissioner Ola Oresanya has relocated to Ijebu-Ode and vowed to stay until the source of the methane emissions is found. Monitoring equipment has detected methane, prompting investigations into gas infrastructure and underground geological formations. A multi-agency team from the state government, Olabisi Onabanjo University and the Federal University of Agriculture Abeokuta is surveying a five-kilometre radius around affected schools. In the meantime, ambulances, medical teams and surveillance drones are on standby to protect students and staff.

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