{"id":206081,"date":"2022-07-26T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/?p=206081"},"modified":"2022-07-26T21:49:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T20:49:16","slug":"kogi-govt-debunks-reports-of-bomb-explosion-in-govt-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/26\/kogi-govt-debunks-reports-of-bomb-explosion-in-govt-offices\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi govt debunks reports of bomb explosion in govt offices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State government has debunked reports of bomb explosion in its offices in Lokoja, the State capital, on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>It described the reports as \u201cfalse and misleading\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>A press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Yahaya Bello, Onogwu Muhammed, said: \u201cthe attention of Kogi State Government has been drawn to a false and misleading publication in the media platforms captioned: \u201cExplosion Rocks Kogi Government Office\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the government was miffed and viewed the publication as malicious, false, misleading and a calculated attempt to cause panic and undermine the already improved security situation in the state.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMay we, at this point, state the true facts surrounding the incident that actually occurred earlier this morning of 26\/07\/2022 around the Ministry of the Local Government and Chieftaincy Affairs, opposite Muhammadu Buhari Civic Centre, Lokoja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere was a distressing call to the police regarding an object that looked like an IED placed on the fence of the ministry of Local government and chieftaincy Affairs, opposite Mohammad Buhari Square, Lokoja.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Bomb Disposal Unit at the Nigerian Police Force Command located a minute away from the scene was immediately deployed to the area.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn arrival they found out that it was a plastic Bottle and a Can of insecticide wrapped together with a power source to look like an IED. It was discovered to be a hoax and the object was removed by operatives of Bomb Disposal Unit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHowever, there was no explosion around any government premises in Lokoja as reported by some media platforms.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe state government considers the publication as not only unprofessional but also believes it\u2019s at variance with the ethics of the profession of journalism.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the sake of emphasis, we would like to put the record straight that there was no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/26\/police-refute-report-of-bomb-explosion-in-kogi\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bomb explosion<\/a> whatsoever in Kogi Government House or offices in Lokoja metropolises.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government commends the good people of Kogi for their unalloyed support given to the security agencies in the state and enjoins them to disregard false news as it is capable of causing palpable tension as well as instilling fear in the state while urging them to go about their normal businesses as there is no cause for alarm,\u201d Muhammed stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Kogi State government has debunked reports of bomb explosion in its offices in Lokoja, the State capital, on Tuesday. 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A press statement signed by the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor Yahaya Bello, Onogwu Muhammed, said: \u201cthe attention of Kogi State Government has been drawn to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":194740,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_override_bookmark_settings":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[30733,95,27,97],"class_list":["post-206081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","tag-bomb-explosion","tag-kogi","tag-police","tag-yahaya-bello"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.8 (Yoast SEO v27.8) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Kogi govt debunks reports of bomb explosion in govt offices<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.withinnigeria.com\/news\/2022\/07\/26\/kogi-govt-debunks-reports-of-bomb-explosion-in-govt-offices\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Kogi govt debunks reports of bomb explosion in govt offices\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Kogi State government has debunked reports of bomb explosion in its offices in Lokoja, the State capital, on Tuesday. 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