Explosion Kills Four In Kogi As Buhari Visits State

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No fewer than four persons have feared dead in an explosion that hit the ancient city of Okene, the headquarters of Kogi Central Senatorial district, the hometown of Governor Yahaya Bello.

The explosion took place a few hours before the expected historic visit of President Muhammadu Buhari to Kogi State on December 29, 2022.

Controversy, however, trailed the explosion as some persons ascribed it to a bomb blast, while others who spoke out said it was a transformer blast.

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Four persons were reportedly killed in the explosion that happened just a few meters from the Ohinoyi’s palace at Kuroko Street in Okene.

According to Vanguard Newspapers, the governor had been in Okene since yesterday waiting for the first visit of the president to the state since he took over power on January 27, 2016.

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President Buhari was expected to first touch down in the same Okene where he was scheduled to hold a town hall meeting, and commission some projects in the Senatorial district before he moved to Lokoja, the state capital to continue the commissioning of other laudable projects.