EDO STATE ROCK EXPLOSION

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Explosion rocks Edo State
Benin - The Edo Police Command has confirmed
Saturday’s explosion on Dennis Osadebey
Avenue, in Benin City, the Edo capital.
Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, Ejiroro
Ahwara, confirmed the incident in a statement
made available to newsmen in Benin on Sunday.
He said that the Command received information
that at about 10: 30 p.m. on Saturday that there
was an explosion at Dennis Osadebey Avenue,
Benin City.
Ahwara stated that men of the Special Anti-
Bomb Squad and patrol vehicles were
immediately drafted to the scene of incident.
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He explained that preliminary investigation
revealed that items suspected to be Improvised
Explosive Device (IED), made up of two tiger
batteries of 15 volt each connected to long wire,
was thrown into the mini-estate from outside.
Ahwara stated that the explosion affected the
ceiling boards at the security post in the estate
as well as a part of the main gate.
He explained that the impact dug a small hole at
the entrance gate, but no life was lost.
"The IED used in the attack has been recovered
by the Bomb Disposal Unit for analysis, while
some suspects have been arrested", he further
stated.
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