A deadly explosion has occurred at an Islamiyyah school in the Kuchibiyu Community of Bwari Area Council, about 42 kilometres from the Abuja city centre leaving one student dead and four others injured.
It was on Monday afternoon that this sad tragedy occurred.
An eyewitness who gave an account of the tragic incident said emergency and security personnel, including the police bomb disposal squad, arrived at the explosion scene while the injured victims were rushed to hospital.
The eyewitness said: “The dead student, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, bore the substance suspected to be IED while it exploded and injured the other students, thereby causing pandemonium in the centre.
“The students involved were recently admitted into the school, and that they resumed on January 3, 2025.”
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However, at the time of filing this report, the school authority and the spokesperson for the Federal Capital Territory’s Command of the Nigeria Police, Josephine Adeh, have yet to issue a statement on the incident.
This incident adds to the growing cases of explosion in Nigeria.
in recent times, a series of explosion including tanker explosions, gas explosions, etc. has claimed the lives of many leaving families in mourning.
