Many feared injured as bomb explosion hits Kogi

Residents were thrown into confusion on Sunday evening as bomb exploded in Kabba, Kogi State.

The incident was said to have occurred opposite Mannajot Petrol Station with a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people feared injured.

Details of the blast are still sketchy as at the time of filling this report.

According to SahareReporters, a security source linked the bomb explosion to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād.

WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that ISWAP had in April claimed responsibility for an attack on a police station in Adavi Local Government Area of the state.

During the attack, three policemen were killed while the station and two vehicles were burnt.

The latest development comes a few days after about three persons were confirmed dead and many others injured in an explosion that occurred in Kabba.