UPDATED: Explosion near Gombe governor’s residence

 Thursday Evening’s explosion happened at a junction leading to the Gombe governor’s private residence, a security source has confirmed. The source said the Amoured Personnel Carrier (APC) guarding the junction exploded without giving level of casualty the explosion recorded. The area is now cordonned off.   The explosion went off near  residence of Gombe state […]

 Thursday Evening’s explosion happened at a junction leading to the Gombe governor’s private residence, a security source has confirmed.

The source said the Amoured Personnel Carrier (APC) guarding the junction exploded without giving level of casualty the explosion recorded. The area is now cordonned off.

 

The explosion went off near  residence of Gombe state governor, Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo, located at GRA, Kilometers away from the Government House, ealier on Thursday.

 A resident of the area told Daily Trust that the explosion affected the amoured car at the junction  leading to the goveronor’s residence.

 Though the level of causalty or damage caused by the blast is not known at press time, residents living as far away from the GRA as Jekada Fari area said they heard a loud blast from the area.