Bomb Blast in Enugu.

A bomb went off at the WTC primary and secondary school premises. There are five polling booths in the WTC complex. According to a female witness, who lives very close to premises, the first bomb went off with a deafening blast at 7.38am.

The noise attracted policemen and other people on election duty and early voters. But the regular policemen, worried that there could be more bombs warned people off while they waited for the arrival of the police bomb squad.
With the arrival of the Bomb Squad, it was learnt that the first bomb was planted in Honda saloon car. The Police was there in full strength, drawing officers from different divisions. The Commissioner of Police posted for the election, Dan Bature was at the scene too.
As the time of filing this report, the Bomb Squad had detonated three other bombs and were still trying to detonate others.
Addressing journalists, Bature confirmed that a Honda Accord car with registration number KUJ 971 LB was abandoned in the WTC “and our men were alerted. The Bomb Disposal Department discovered some well placed Improvised Explosive Devises (IED).
“We don’t know their motives or who they are. No lives were lost. We are here in full strength, we are on top of the situation. All is well and we will ensure those who are here to vote will vote.”



the guardian