source: bellanaija
The police in Kano have confirmed the
death of six persons, including three policemen, in the bomb explosion
at Magarsiku Filling Station at Hotoro, Kano, on Friday.
The Commissioner of Police, Aderinle Shinaba, who confirmed the incident while addressing newsmen on Saturday, said five other persons sustained various degrees of injury.
Shinaba said the incident occurred when a
suicide bomber went into the filling station pretending to buy fuel for
the vehicle he was driving.
He said immediately the hoodlum entered the service station, he detonated the bomb which was inside his car.
He added that two vehicles were completely burnt down, while two others were damaged.
The commissioner said the injured persons had since been taken to hospital for treatment.
Shinaba urged the public to be more
vigilant and furnish security agents with useful information to check
the activities of insurgents.
He said the damage to other filling
stations and vehicles nearby would have been more if the security
operatives and men of the fire service did not respond promptly.
He noted that “everybody must remain vigilant in order to ensure that we check the activities of these people.
“We are lucky there are two petrol
tankers which will have been burnt if not for the early arrival of the
fire servicemen who quickly put out the fire.’’
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