A bomb blast has occurred outside the stadium where President Goodluck Jonathan addressed a campaign rally in Gombe state today. According to eyewitnesses the bomb was planted in a tricycle station along Abubakar Habu Hashidu Road some 200 meters from the stadium.
President Jonathan had left the scene of the campaign rally some three minutes earlier.
Mohammed Bolari, who was at the rally in the northeastern city, said the.....
explosion happened at 3.10pm (2.10pm GMT), just three minutes after Mr Jonathan's departure.
explosion happened at 3.10pm (2.10pm GMT), just three minutes after Mr Jonathan's departure.
A local reporter who asked not to be named said: "The president had just
passed the parking lot and we were trailing behind his convoy when the
explosion happened... just 100 metres from the bus we were driving in."
The local reporter said that the explosion led to unrest in the city. There was no claim of responsibility for Sunday's attacks but the city has been hit by suspected Boko Haram militants in the past and suspicion was likely to fall on the Islamist group.
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The local reporter said that the explosion led to unrest in the city. There was no claim of responsibility for Sunday's attacks but the city has been hit by suspected Boko Haram militants in the past and suspicion was likely to fall on the Islamist group.
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