The governor, who led guests to observe a minute silence in honour of over 1,000 victims of the horrendous incident 12 years ago, said such was avoidable if the authorities in charge had been alive to their responsibilities.
He said men, women and children perished in the Oke-Afa canal "because a national government led by the Peoples Democratic Party failed to do its duties. There is no other excuse for it. That was their responsibility to manage bombs and explosives and to look after the Nigerian military, but they dropped the bombs.
"Since then, they have pretended as if nothing was wrong."
The governor lamented, saying the incident prompted his government to intervene by rebuilding the schools and hospitals located within the Ikeja Cantonment which were destroyed by the incident.
He said the Ejigbo-Ajao Link Road was another fulfillment of the state government's promise in 2002 to open up the area as part of government's drive to renew inner city roads.
"My predecessor promised you that day that a bridge will be built to link Ejigbo to Ajao Estate. I have come here today to fulfil that promise," he affirmed.
On road rehabilitation in Ejigbo, Fashola berated the Federal Government for turning a blind eye to roads in the area, which according to him were damaged by the activities of tankers lifting fuel from the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation's depot in Ejigbo.
"It shows the kind of respect and concern that the party that manages the Federal Government has for you, they will come back to you and ask for votes," Fashola stated.
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