The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, has claimed that the Ebonyi State Government and the police command in the state lied over the detonated ‘bomb’ which killed a policeman on Tuesday.
DAILY POST had reported that an explosion occurred opposite Amizi Amangbala Primary School in Afikpo North in Ebonyi State on Tuesday which plunged residents into tension while passersby ran for safety.
Some residents who witnessed the explosion, said a suicide bomber was trying to gain access into the primary school before he accidentally blew himself.
However, the state’s police command debunked the report, saying a police officer mistakenly hit the lead of his grenade which was hanging on his waist with his elbow resulting in the deadly explosion.
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The Ebonyi state police command has said that the man killed in an explosion on Tuesday, May 25 in Afikpo, Ebonyi State is a policeman and not a suicide bomber as claimed by many.
Recall that an explosion which occurred opposite Amizi Amangbala Primary School in Afikpo North threw the area into panic as passersby scampered for safety.
According to The Nation, some residents in Afikpo had said that the incident happened around 12 noon when the man tried to gain access into a school.
“He made an attempt at entering Amaizu/ Amangballa Primary School but was turned back by the school security since he couldn’t justify his reason for visiting. He immediately started running inside a nearby bush before a big bang was heard,” a resident said earlier.
The Ebonyi State Police Command has said that the man killed in an explosion on Tuesday in Afikpo, Ebonyi State is a policeman and not a suicide bomber as
Police operative, not suicide bomber, died in explosion – Police
“He mistakenly hit the lead of his grenade which was hanging on his waist with his elbow, resulting in the deadly explosion.”
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The police in Ebonyi State said the man killed in a Tuesday explosion in Afikpo was a police operative, and not a suicide bomber as reported in the media.
The police spokesperson in the state, Loveth Odah, said the victim of the blast was a mobile police officer on special deployment to Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
She said the officer, identified as Idi Aminu, died as a result of an accidental explosion from a hand grenade.