Accidental Discharge Blamed for Adamawa Police HQ Explosion

According to new reports, Accidental discharge is blamed as the likely cause of today’s just before noon explosion in the Jimeta Divisional Police Headquarters, in Yola, Adamawa state.

The Adamawa Police explosion was reported which occurred at 11:44am is said to have rocked the police station which is located in a commercial area surrounded by a market, school, Prison Yard, Post Office and a television station.

According to PR Nigeria, a security source revealed that the explosion occurred due to the ‘mishandling of explosives devices by security personnel’ within the police station.

“The explosion is likely caused by accidental discharge due to mishandling of explosive devices by security personnel within the police station.”

“For now we are not suspecting terrorism for the explosion as the security agencies are currently investigating the remote cause of the incident.”

Four bodies have been recovered and moved to mortuary while over 20 injured victims are being attended to by medical personnel.

#BlastPics: Scenes from the Yola Divisional Police HQ explosion. Casualty figures yet unknown. @NTANewsNow pic.twitter.com/t7gpLgUs2F

— HINATUFE H SOLOMON (@solotufe) February 25, 2016