Misguided politicians prompted Okene bomb explosion, Kogi authorities claims

The Kogi authorities has described Thursday’s Okene bomb explosion because the handiwork of enemies of progress.

Retired Commodore Jerry Omodara, Governor Yahaya Bello’s safety adviser, mentioned this in a phone interview in Lokoja on Thursday.

The explosion occurred round 9:00 a.m. near the previous palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, leaving 4 individuals lifeless and two others injured.

Mr Omodara mentioned the federal government earlier had intelligence that one thing like that may occur, which “explains why we had sufficient deployment of safety personnel throughout the state to have the ability to frustrate their efforts.”

The safety adviser added, “Sadly, regardless of that, they, the enemies of progress, nonetheless tried to distract President Muhammadu Buhari’s go to to Kogi by setting (off) that explosion. All the identical, the deployment and tight safety round didn’t enable them to realize their purpose.”

He claimed that the “reason for the blast was solely the act of misguided politicians and individuals who don’t need something good for his or her state.”

Mr Omodara added, “We’re conscious of some disgruntled politicians celebrating the unhappy incident that occurred right now in Okene, the place some harmless individuals misplaced their lives. As a authorities, we consider that problems with safety should concern everybody, and till all of us put our arms on deck, it can have an effect on us in someway.”

He additional acknowledged that “for some politicians to have a good time the blast may be very unlucky and never the type of politics that may transfer us ahead on this state and the nation as a complete,” warning “the disgruntled politicians that Kogi will proceed to be on high within the space of safety on this nation so far as Bello’s administration is worried.”

“His (the governor’s) curiosity is to have peace in Kogi, and nothing can distract him from that. We’re suspecting the person that perished within the automobile because the one who introduced the bomb or explosive to disrupt the programme for right now,” claimed the governor’s safety adviser.

He added, “Already, samples have been taken (from) each human and automobile elements, and the police and different safety businesses investigating the incident will decide what precisely occurred. The police and different safety businesses will certainly provide you with their stories for the general public to know.”

(NAN)