Female suicide bomber bombs Kano NNPC Mega Station, 4 confirmed dead

A female suicide bomber has detonated explosives that killed three people at the NNPC Mega filling station in Kano, located along Maiduguri Road. Eight people were injured.

According to the police, the bomber had slipped into a crowd of people buying kerosene at the station and blew up herself along with three other people living eight injured.

The Police have cordoned of the area while bomb disposal experts are "sweeping" the area.

 

A release made available today by the Force Public Relations Oficer, ACP Frank Mba reads: "Today, 28-07-14 at about 10:00am, another suicide bomb went off at Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation NNPC Mega Filling Station at Hotoro Quarter along Maiduguri Road, Kano. A suicide bomber suspected to be a female had slipped into the crowd of citizens buying kerosene at the Station before detonating the explosives. The suicide bomber and three others have been confirmed dead, eight persons are injured and rushed to the Hospital.

"It is instructive to note that the Mega Station did not go ablaze due to the security barricade put in place by the Policemen on duty at the station. Such a situation would have clearly complicated the Emergency response"

He said full scale investigations had commenced and advised members of the public to stay away from the area and report suspicious persons or movements in their area.