A bomb exploded in Tundun Wada area of Jos, the Plateau State capital, last night.
The sound of the explosion at about 8pm was heard from far and near as it sent fear into the people.
The
explosion took place at a beer parlour near the Tundun Wada motor park.
The casualty figure could not be ascertained as at press time. The scene
of the explosion is about 300 metres from the headquarters of the
Special Task Force (STF), the military team in charge of security in the
city, and barely 200 metres from Governor Jonah Jang’s Lodge in Jishe.
Security men immediately cordoned off the area after the blast.
Spokesman
of the STF, Captain Markus Mdahyelya, who confirmed the explosion,
however said no one was either injured or dead in the blast.
Eyewitnesses however said about four people were injured and taken to
Jenvak Hospital .
When
our sources visited the hospital, only one of the injured was
admitted due to trauma while the others had been treated and
discharged.
The
blast – believed to be from an improvised explosive - forced people to
return home early, cutting short their Easter celebration.
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