 The Nigerian Senate has begun a probe into Tuesday's explosion that rocked Ladipo-Mushin area of Lagos state. The Senate mandated its committees on petroleum, downstream and gas to, as a matter of urgency, investigate the causes of the explosion and report back to the upper chamber with their findings. The Senate called for the probe following a motion on urgent public importance by Sen. Adiola Milleco, the federal lawmaker representing Lagos West federal constituency. The Tuesday gas explosion, which led five people dead and many others injured, occurred at Ojekunle Street close to the Ladipo spare parts market in Lagos. There has been a reoccurrence of this similar explosion in recent time in the same area in my senatorial district as it happens in 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020. And Nigerian residents in all these densely populated areas wear this explosion to call now living fear of not only losing properties and investment, but their lives, or those of loved ones from these frequent explosive fire disasters. And men of Nema and La Semah of Lagos in fire service on their prompt rules in putting out the inferno resulting from the explosion and mitigating the spread as well as rescuing victims of the explosion. And also that a condolence letter to the people and government of Lagos state on the death arising from the explosion and Nema and the federal Minister of Ministerial and Disaster Management and Social Development to immediately send some relief material to the affected victims and offset medical bills of the hospitalised victims. Direct Nema and the Federal Ministry of Immunterior Affairs Disaster Management and Social Development to immediately send relief materials to affected victims and offset medical bills of the hospitalised victims. Those in favour of this prayer say aye. Those against say nay. The ayes have it. Prayer four, direct the senate committees on petroleum downstream and gas to investigate the remote and immediate causes of the explosion and report back to the senate with a view to avoid future occurrences. Those in favour of this prayer say aye. Those against say nay. The ayes have it.