BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen Bomb Kogi Local Government Secretariat

BREAKING: Unknown Gunmen Bomb Kogi Local Government Secretariat

Kogi State Government has confirmed the detonation of an explosive device suspected to be a bomb at the Local Government secretariat in Okehi Local Government area secretariate.

State Security Adviser, Duro Jerry Omodara, who confirmed the development in Lokoja, on Tuesday, said the intention of the saboteurs may be to cause panic during the election to prevent people from coming out to vote.

Omodara said no life was lost and that security men have been deployed to the area to see that normalcy is restored.

Controversies trail mysterious explosion in Kogi.

Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen invaded the council on Monday night and blew off the administrative office.

This development is coming just five days before the general election.

A similar incident happened in the same Senatorial district when some explosives were detonated at the palace of the Ohiniye of Ebira land during the visit of President Muhammadu Buhari for the commissioning of some legacy projects in the state.