There was a bomb blast at Zomi street in Upper Sakpoba Road in Benin
City, Edo state at about 3pm today February 2nd. According to a report
by Vanguard, the bomb went off in a bungalow that used to be the hideout
of kidnappers. A police source who spoke on the condition of anonymity,
said
"we learnt that the bungalow where the bomb was detonated was being used
as a hide out by kidnappers some months ago. But a combined unit of
soldiers and the police invaded the house and arrested the suspects.
So recently, somebody hired the building and just
this afternoon, decided to burn some papers in the compound. He set the
papers on fire and went out to buy something. But immediately he left
the bomb exploded. He never knew that the kidnappers left some bombs in
the house”.
Bomb Disposal experts from the Edo state police command have cordoned
off the building and trying to ascertain if there are more explosives
in the building.
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