- Hours to President Buhari’s Arrival, Explosion Rocks Kogi
At least three persons have been confirmed dead on Thursday in Okene, Kogi State as an explosion rocked the palace of the Ohinoyi.
President Muhammadu Buhari is billed to commission some projects executed by the administration of Governor Yahaya Bello. It was not clear if the explosion had anything to do with terrorism.
The North-Central state has not been notorious for terrorism but there is a high rate of kidnapping. Officials of the Bomb Disposal Unit of the Nigerian Police had taken control of the situation in Okene even as investigations were said to be underway to confirm the immediate cause of the explosion.
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