A suspected suicide bomber was said to have attempted bombing the Kaduna State Government House this afternoon.
He was however stopped in his track by security men at a checkpoint.
This resulted in heavy shooting by soldiers at the checkpoint, raising fears that members of the dreaded sect, Boko Haram, were on rampage in Kaduna again.
The sect had last week failed in its attempt to bomb the 1 Division of the Nigerian Army, Kawo, Kaduna.
In an interview with Premium Times, the spokesman of the Kaduna State Police Command, Aminu Lawan, said the suspected suicide bomber tried to force his way through the checkpoint.
Lawan told Premium Times: “A man approached the checkpoint driving a car but refused to stop for checking and even tried to force his way through the barricaded road leading to the Government House and the officers had no option than to shoot.”
But no explosive was found in the vehicle, which some said belongs to a director in the Kaduna State Government House.
Lawan said the suspected suicide bomber did not die.
He is receiving treatment in an undisclosed hospital.