No fewer than five houses were on Tuesday, February 2, 2016 destroyed following a bomb blast that rocked Zomi Zomi street in Upper Sakpoba Road in Benin City, Edo State.
It was gathered that residents scampered for safety following the incident that occurred around 3pm.
A police source at the scene said: “We learnt that the bungalow where the bomb was detonated was being used as a hide out for kidnappers some months ago. But a combined unit of soldiers and the police invaded the house and arrested the suspects.
“So recently, somebody hired the building and just this afternoon, decided to burn some paper in the compound, he set the papers on fire and went out to buy something. But immediately he left the bomb exploded. He never knew that the kidnappers left some bombs in the house”.
A tenant of the building whose identity was given as Emeka has been arrested by the police according to Vanguard while one woman who was said to have sustained deep cut during the blast was rushed to a hospital for treatment.
Some Bomb Disposal Experts from the Edo State Police Command cordoned off the building in their bid to ascertain if there were more explosives therein.
There had yet to be an immediate claim for the attack but startled residents supposed that the Boko Haram insurgents have invaded their city.
