The Nigerian Army has reacted to Monday’s explosion in Abuja, in which a suspected suicide bomber was killed.
The Army said the situation is under control.
Posting on its verified X handle, the Nigerian Army wrote: “BREAKING NEWS, explosion at bus stop opposite Mogadishu Cantonment in Abuja. Situation under control, details later….”.
Recall that an explosion suspected to have been caused by a bomb killed one person on Monday in Abuja.
Another person was reportedly injured in the explosion, said to be triggered by an improvised explosive device (IED).
An eyewitness – a military personnel who did not give his name – said the man, believed to be a suicide bomber, was killed by an explosive contained in a rubber can close to Mogadishu Barrack in Abuja
However, military authorities present at the scene said the situation could be an explosion from a phone device and not IED.
Personnel of the military, DSS, police and officers of the National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, were deployed to the scene of the incident.

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