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BOMB BLAST HITS NIGERIAN POLICE FORCE HEADQUARTERS IN ABUJA

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Another close to major bomb explosion has been reported at the Louis Edet House, the Nigerian Police headquarters in the early hours of today by suicide bombers.
What used to be a movie scenario or better still a news report from countries like Iraq, Gazza, Afghanistan, and other war zones is gradually becoming the order of the day in Nigeria
This is the 3rd major explosion in Abuja metropolis within the last one year with the first one on the Golden Anniversary celebrations of Nigeria’s independence and another blast was reported at one of the military barracks in the Federal Capital city of Abuja.
It has now been confirmed by the Nigerian Police that the bomb blast that hits Abuja today is a One-man, lone suicide mission by Boko Haram suspect. A suicide bomber sent by Islamic Fundamentalist Group named Boko Haram carried out the explosion.
The Inspector General of Police Hafiz Ringim escaped death as the explosions shattered windows of offices up to the seventh floor of the Police Headquarters in Nigeria’s capital city.
The Nigerian Police Spokesman told reporters that the lone suicide bomber and a traffic policeman were blown to death by the explosions. He said the bomber drove and carried the bomb inside a car suspected to be a Honda Civic. He drove into the complex barely ten minutes after the Police chief arrived. The suicide bomber’s car was headed for the car park where the IGP’s car was parked before it was directed to the general car park by the traffic policeman who died in the explosions.
Hafiz Ringim had only on Tuesday during a visit to Maiduguri vowed to finish off Boko Haram. Many policemen were injured in the stampede that followed the blast. The injured were taken to various hospitals. More than 30 cars were burnt beyond recognition while about 40 other vehicles were shattered by the explosions.
Student of the Police officers wives Association school nearby were also affected but no casualty was confirmed in the school.

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