No fewer than three persons died in a bomb explosion that again,
rocked the Luxury Bus Motor Park situated in Sabon Garri Area of Kano
State, yesterday.
However, Kano State Police Commissioner, Alhaji Adenrele Shinaba,
confirmed the death of only one person, adding that eight other victims
were injured and had been rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
Checks by Daily Sun revealed that the blast, which occurred at about
3.00 p.m. just as the park was beginning to pick up for the day’s
activities, destroyed at least two luxury buses belonging to Ezenwata
Motors and Ifeanyichukwu Motors, including the wares of traders and the
personal belongings of passengers.
Witnesses told Daily Sun that the bomb exploded after a young boy
pushed a truck of wares, among them a fridge, through the entry gates of
the park to the position where a luxury bus had just arrived from the
East.
The bomb, it was gathered, was hidden inside the fridge and exploded
alongside the entire truck, and might have killed the boy bearing the
truck.
The tragedy, Daily Sun gathered affected mostly workers and taxi
drivers, who had rushed to the bus to carry the loads of the passengers.
Among the dead was a yet-to-be-identified woman, whose head was cut off and flung away from her body by the explosion.
Witnesses told Daily Sun said the causality figure would have been
higher, but for the curfew imposed in Kaduna on Wednesday, which
prevented several buses from the East arriving on time yesterday.
Speaking to journalists at the scene of the bomb explosion, Kano
State Commissioner of Police confirmed the incident, saying: “On
arrival, we discovered this luxury bus and damages done to these
personal propery, like goods. All we know is that this luxury bus was
getting ready to travel to Port Harcourt.
“In the process of loading the vehicle, one of the trucks that were
being pushed was carrying a fridge to be loaded inside the vehicle, and
it was the fridge that went off. It is presumed that there was a prime
explosive concealed inside the refrigerator and that is what we are
working on now.
“So far, I want to confirm that one woman is dead, eight others are
injured and have been taken to hospitals for treatment. The degree of
injuries is not a life-threatening one, and we shall also in the
shortest time, move to the hospital to check the progress they are
making.”
Meanwhile, the vicinity of the New Road Luxury Bus Park has been
cordoned off by members of the Joint Security Task Force (JTF) in the
state, while policemen were busy driving away the crowd that came
surging to the park.
Workers in most of the commercial outlets in the state capital
promptly closed for business following the tragic explosion, while
traffic around Sabon Garri area thinned out in the wake of the
development.
Recalled that a similar bomb exploded on March 18, 2013 at the same
luxury bus park in the state, killing several persons and injuring many
others.
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