Loud explosion hits the housing premises of the office Secretary to Kogi State Government, Dr. Folashade Arike Ayoade.
The explosion hit The office premises next to Lugard street, housing the Kogi State council of the Nigerian Union of Journalists secretariat today morning at about 8:30am.
The Kogi state Police commissioner Edward Egbuka, who confirmed the explosion said:
He said, “Yes, what happened was that we were informed of a package that looked like a bomb was left on the premises and I immediately deployed the bomb disposal unit there to assess the object.
“The object was immediately blown up. The explosion you heard was the handwork of our bomb disposing unit brought about by their efforts to blow up the object.”
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