From Agaju Madugba, Kaduna
Suspected Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted along the road at the trailer park area of Unguwan Muazu, a suburb along the Nnamdi Azikiwe bypass, Kaduna, exploded late afternoon yesterday.
There were no reports of casualties but at least four persons were said to have received various degrees of injury.
The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) at the Kaduna Police Command, DSP Aminu Lawal, confirmed the incident but declined to give details. He said men from the Command had been dispatched to the area.
Meanwhile, Kaduna state Commissioner of Police Mohammed Jinjiri Abubakar, confirmed that three persons were killed during the car bomb explosion at the SOJ Plaza in Kaduna yesterday.
Abubakar who addressed press conference last night said that 25 other persons were injured and receiving treatment at various hospitals in Kaduna and Zaria.
He described the arrested suspect as huge, black, strong and powerful but that he was in coma following head and hand injuries he had sustained from the mob attack on him at the scene of the incident.
According to Abubakar, the suspect may be moved out of Kaduna if his condition deteriorates.
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