An explosion in Suleja, a satellite town on the outskirts of Nigeria's capital Abuja, seriously injured at least four people on Sunday.
"NEMA officials have confirmed an explosion at Suleja ... four seriously injured victims have been taken to hospital. A death figure has yet to be confirmed," a spokesman said.
This will be the third explosion in Suleja following one which occurred at a rally and another at an INEC office prior to the General Elections in April.
The blast occurred around 3 in the afternoon, and caused extensive damage to some houses in the area. An eyewitness said that a lot of people were feared dead, while several others sustained varying degrees of injury.
Policemen and FRSC officers were seen ferrying the wounded persons to Suleja General Hospital for treatment, while the bodies of those confirmed dead had been taken to the mortuary.
The area was immediately cordoned-off by security agents who kept onlookers as far away from the scene as possible.
Niger state police spokesperson, Richard Oguche confirmed that there had been a bomb blast in Suleja. As at the time we spoke with him, he was en route the town and said he would give further information after arriving at the location.
Niger state government spokesman, Danladi Ndayebo, also confirmed the bombing but he declined to make any comment on the incident, saying that he had yet to be fully briefed on the situation.
The first bomb blast in Suleja, which occurred at a PDP rally on March 3, killed seven persons, while the second explosion, which occurred at the INEC Office on April 8, killed 11 persons.
This attack could possibly be in retaliation for the deaths of 11 members of Boko Haram who were killed on Saturday by the Joint Military Task Force on Saturday in Maiduguri, Borno state.
Boko Haram has claimed responsibility for more than 150 deaths in the Maiduguri area this year.
A policeman in Suleja who refused to be quoted confirmed that four people are dead. As of the time of writing this, NEMA had not finished compiling its report.-The dailytimes
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