No fewer than four people have died in a bomb explosion in Okene, Okenne Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Reports said that the incident occurred in the early hours of Thursday, a few hours to the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari, who is expected to inaugurate some projects in the state.
A report by the News Agency of Nigeria ater the initial report that put the number of casualties at three said the explosion had been confirmed in a police report.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the explosion occurred at 9 a.m.
It said that it occurred near the wall of the second gate of the palace of the Ohinoyi of Ibira on Kuroko road, Okene.
A vehicle and two motorcycles were also burnt in the explosion.
A witness said that the explosion occurred in a vehicle and the motorcycles, killing the two cyclists instantly.
The charred corpses were sighted at the scene of the explosion even as the security operatives sealed off the area.
“I was in the house when I heard a loud explosion, by the time I came out, I saw a vehicle on fire burning, along with two motorcycles, close to the second gate of the Ohinoyi’s palace.
“The explosion was so massive, with three bodies lying on the ground around the palace, ” an eyewitness said.
SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the Kogi Police Command’s spokesman, who confirmed the development, described the incident as “very unfortunate” and “shocking.”
Ovye-Aya said that the police was on top of the situation as security operatives had already sealed off the area.
He said that investigation into the blast had begun. (NAN)
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