Four persons have been confirmed dead while
a few were injured by an explosion at a police
anti-bomb squad office in Yola, Adamawa
State, the National Emergency Management
Agency, NEMA, said Thursday.
The injured were being treated at the Federal
Medical Centre, Yola, NEMA tweeted hours
after the blast.
Witnesses had said earlier that many police
officers were feared killed by the explosion.
The blast, which occurred shortly before
noon, affected all buildings within the office
of the Anti-Bomb Squad, including the State
Investigation Bureau (SIB), and Motor Traffic
Division (MTD).
The Commissioner of Police in Adamawa
State, Mohammed Gazali, said most of the
victims of the explosion were police
personnel. He did not give figures of
casualties.
Mr. Gazali said the blast was caused by bombs
recovered from Boko Haram insurgents and
warehoused by the police alongside other
crime exhibits.
“Policemen were mostly affected and we don’t
know the actual casualties for now as the
place is not yet safe for us to go in,” Mr.
Gazali said.
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