Fielding questions from journalists on Monday evening shortly after visiting the victim of the explosion, Perpetual Damasus, who is receiving treatment at the Delta State University Teaching Hospital, Oghara, Uduaghan urged politicians and Deltans in general not to speculate on the incident as the police was still investigating it
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Available information has it that the local petroleum depot is located on Edmor Street, by Wilmer Crescent in Olodi Apapa area of the state
The statement urged the public to be vigilant and report any
suspicious movements or persons to security authorities
Because of that video – and local news footage – authorities were able to get exactly what they have been looking for – an individual coming in and dropping a package in a black bag before quickly walking away again
A White House official said President Barack Obama had been notified about events in Boston, while Vice President Joe Biden – breaking of from a telephone conference call on gun control – said: “Our prayers are with those people in Boston who have suffered injury”
The spokesman of the JTFLieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, said the explosion occurred around the Post Ofice area of Maiduguri at about 1pm
The National Emergency Management Authority, which confirmed the development, said the corpse was recovered from the rubble of the building in which the explosion occurred
The impact of the explosion was so strong it damaged a car parked nearby and some adjoining buildings
The explosion reportedly occurred at the Catholic Church inside the military base in Jaji, Kaduna State.
The Improvised Explosive Device used for the explosive was discovered at the Abdulsalami Abubakar Motor Park in Minna, the Niger State capital