Police confirm explosion in Kaduna

An explosion suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) occurred near a hotel in Kabala West area of Kaduna South Local Government Area on Sunday night, February 27. 

Spokesperson of the State Police Command, Mohammed Jalige, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria on Monday in Kaduna.

“The explosion is suspected to be IED, there is no casualty recorded in the incident. There was nobody in the building when it exploded. It happened Sunday night around 21: 45pm, ” he stated. 

“The anti-bomb squad has been deployed to the scene to analyse the particles we got from the place,’’ 

Jalige added that details of findings would be made available after investigation.