Adamawa explosion “just roadside bomb” – Police

The Adamawa police on Tuesday said the explosion that occurred at the Kasuwan Kuturu market in Mubi area of Adamawa State was just a roadside bombing.

The Adamawa State Public Relations Officer, Othman Abubakar, told Journalists that the explosion did not kill or injure anyone. He also said information received from the Divisional Police Command indicate that no building or infrastructure was destroyed. He said the explosion occurred at 10.45 am.

“We thank God it was just a roadside bomb, there were no casualties, nobody was injured either,” Mr. Abubakar said.

A bomb explosion occurred at Kasuwan Kuturu market in Mubi area of Adamawa State. According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Adamawa Commissioner of Police, John Abakasanga, had said the explosion targeted a police patrol team.

UPDATES: Jos Explosion casualty ‘massive’ – NEMA

The two blasts that hit Jos Terminus Market today in Nigeria’s central city of Jos reportedly killed over 200 people .
According to the reports from Plateau state , the two bombs were concealed inside a truck and a minibus the military said. “There were two separate blasts,” at the New Abuja Market, Pam Ayuba said, referring to the attack at about 3:00 pm (1400 GMT). “We are yet to know the casualty rate,” he added.

“The first IED (improvised explosive device) was in a truck. The second was in a minibus,” said Kingsley Egbo, of the military State Task Force (STF) in Plateau state, of which Jos is the capital.

“The market was really crowded,” he added. “We are having a problem of crowd control… The emergency services have evacuated the casualties,” he told AFP.

UPDATES: Explosion Rocks FCT, Abuja, Over 200 Reportedly Killed

President Jonathan extends his heartfelt condolences to bereaved families, adding that  he too was saddened by loss of lives in the scene.

More than 200 people are feared dead in an explosion which rocked an outskirts of Abuja, the Nigerian capital, this morning. The explosion sounded in a highly populated motor park in Nyanya, less than five minutes drive from the Abuja city Centre. It is not clear yet how the bomb was ferried into the park, but witnesses suspect it was planted by a suicide bomber.

Several dead bodies now litter the blood spattered park and the expressway leading to the city. Some of the dead victims and the injured are being taken to hospital by ambulances and vans belonging to the police, the Vehicle Inspection Office, Federal Road Safety Commission, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps and the National Emergency Management Agency.

Our reporter counted more than 50 bodies that were yet to be evacuated. But witnesses said more than 150 bodies may have been moved before our reporter’s arrival.

Some of the bodies are mangled beyond recognition.

Several vehicles, including about 12 government-owned high capacity buses operated by the Abuja Mass Transit Company Limited, were destroyed in the attack. Some of the buses were said to be loaded with passengers when the explosion occurred.

The Nigerian President Jonathan has directs the medical services to do their very best to save the lives of those injured in Nyanya bombing. He has also ordered heightened security in Abuja following Nyanya bombing.

The President extends his heartfelt condolences to bereaved families, adding that  he too was saddened by loss of lives in the scene.

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