Oh not again
Boko haram have done it again, 3rd of July, 2012 at about 9:30pm,
Photo of the affected area
According to eye witness the bomb went off around Sheriff Plaza and Banex Plaza, close to Park N
Shop. Casualty figures remain sketchy as at the time of filling this
report.
State police command sector around the area confirmed it. Here is the statement from the police dept.
"Today 3rd July 2012 at about 9:30pm, a low level explosion went off
somewhere along Aminu Kano Crescent, near Banex Plaza, Wuse 2, Abuja. A
crack police team led by the Commissioner of Police in charge of FCT
Command- CP Aderenle Shinaba- responded to the distress call, arriving
the scene few minutes after the incident. The incident had a zero
casualty record- no life lost, no person injured and no car damaged or
burnt. Detectives from the Bomb Disposal Unit, assisted by their
counterparts 4rm FCT CID have commenced investigation. FCT Police are
continuing with their intensive overt & surveillance patrols of the
city & wishes to reassure the residents of the police preparedness
to continue to provide a safe & secured environment for social &
economic activities to thrive unhindered. Meanwhile, mischief makers
are in their own interest warned to keep off the city or have themselves
to blame as the long arm of the law will soon catch up with them...."
CSP Frank Mba (Police Spokesman)
Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists, are responsible for scores of attacks in recent months, have previously struck targets in and around the capital.
A suicide bomb attack on UN headquarters in Abuja in August killed at least 25 people, while another at the Abuja office of one of the country's most prominent newspapers left four dead.
Most recently, on June 22, a blast went off outside a nightclub in Abuja that shattered the windows of nearby buildings but caused no casualties.
A police statement said the late Tuesday blast occurred "near" the Banex Plaza shopping mall, calling it "a low level explosion."
"The incident had a zero casualty record -- no life lost, no person injured and no car damaged or burned," explained the statement from national police spokesman Frank Mba.
He warned "mischief makers" against trying to sow further chaos in the capital of Africa's most populous nation and said "intensive patrols" were ongoing around the city.
Much of Boko Haram's violence has been concentrated in northern Nigeria, particularly in the northeast where they are believed to be based.
The group's deadliest attack yet occurred on January 20 in the northern city of Kano, the country's second-largest, when coordinated bombings and shootings killed at least 185 people.
But they have in recent months expanded the targets down to the centre of the country, where Nigeria's beleaguered capital is located.
Abuja residents and foreigners who visit regularly have since learned to live with security checks and queues of cars waiting to be searched at prominent spots.
Boko Haram has claimed attacks that have killed more than 1,000 people in Nigeria since mid-2009. – AFP
Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamists, are responsible for scores of attacks in recent months, have previously struck targets in and around the capital.
A suicide bomb attack on UN headquarters in Abuja in August killed at least 25 people, while another at the Abuja office of one of the country's most prominent newspapers left four dead.
Most recently, on June 22, a blast went off outside a nightclub in Abuja that shattered the windows of nearby buildings but caused no casualties.
A police statement said the late Tuesday blast occurred "near" the Banex Plaza shopping mall, calling it "a low level explosion."
"The incident had a zero casualty record -- no life lost, no person injured and no car damaged or burned," explained the statement from national police spokesman Frank Mba.
He warned "mischief makers" against trying to sow further chaos in the capital of Africa's most populous nation and said "intensive patrols" were ongoing around the city.
Much of Boko Haram's violence has been concentrated in northern Nigeria, particularly in the northeast where they are believed to be based.
The group's deadliest attack yet occurred on January 20 in the northern city of Kano, the country's second-largest, when coordinated bombings and shootings killed at least 185 people.
But they have in recent months expanded the targets down to the centre of the country, where Nigeria's beleaguered capital is located.
Abuja residents and foreigners who visit regularly have since learned to live with security checks and queues of cars waiting to be searched at prominent spots.
Boko Haram has claimed attacks that have killed more than 1,000 people in Nigeria since mid-2009. – AFP
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