A bomb explosion has rocked a Niger State community after a soldier tried to show off with a seized Boko Haram bomb.
File photo: A bomb scene
Three people died while four others were injured in a bomb
explosion which rocked Gari village, few kilometers from Kontagora town
of Niger state on Saturday morning, Sun News reports.
The explosion, which took place at the Gari market square at 11 am
was rumoured to have been caused by a suicide bomber who also died. The
suicide bomber was said to be wearing military uniform.
But while confirming the incident, the State Police Public
Relations officer, DSP Bala Elkana said the explosion was as a result of
wrong handling of the explosive by a newly recruited soldier who
recently returned from Borno State where the military has been fighting
the Boko Haram insurgency.
Elkana gave the name of the soldier as 22-year-old Private Tanko Damina, attached to 145 battalion Maiduguri.
According to the police spokesperson, “Tanko Damina came back
with some explosive devices and was in the habit of showing off to the
villagers that he was actually involved in the Maiduguri operation. He
was used to carrying the explosives on his body around the village”.
Elkana disclosed that the explosives went off in the market killing
the soldier and two others while four people were injured, adding, “we thank God that it was not a market day; the casualty could have been very high.”
When told that eyewitnesses claimed the incident was carried out by
a suicide bomber, Elkana insisted that it was not, saying that “it
was an accident like I told you. The soldier was displaying one of the
two grenades in his possession around Mahauta area of the market in Beri
in the presence of his friends out of over zealousness”.
Elkana gave the names of the three civilians killed as 14-year old
Wasila Adamu, another 20-year old Ruma Bello and 12-year old Kulu Garba,
all females.
He gave the identities of the injured as 30-year old Aisha Musa,
60-year old Alhaji Tukur Umaru, 35-year old Barmo Gado Maikifi, 25-year
old Ishaya Timothy, 25-year old Balki Salihu, 25-year old Sadiq and
60-year old Mohammed Danbujaja.
The police spokesman said anti bomb experts had been dispatched to
the home of the deceased to check if there were other IEDs in the
residence.
The incident was said to have created panic in the village but the police said “normalcy has returned to the area.”
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