Ogun State Commissioner for Environment, Dr Ola Oresanya
The Ogun State Government has attributed the recurring gas emissions in parts of Ijebu-Ode and its environs to natural underground geological activities, dismissing claims linking the phenomenon to traditional myths or beliefs.
The Commissioner for Environment, Dr Ola Oresanya, stated this during a state government-organised town hall meeting with stakeholders on the gas emissions at the Bisi Rodipe Hall, GRA, Ijebu-Ode.
Oresanya, in a statement on Sunday, said scientific investigations have shown that the gases being emitted are mainly methane and sulphide originating from underground geological fractures.
He explained that the emissions are associated with the Ifewara-Zungeru trans-Atlantic fault line, which stretches from Mojoda through Ijebu-Ode into Osun State and extends to Zungeru in Niger State.
