Bomb Attack In Zaria Kills 25, Injures 32

A bomb attack at the Secretariat of Sabon Gari Local Government, Zaria, Kaduna State on Tuesday has left 25 people dead and 32 others injured.

The explosion went off while biometric registration was underway.

The Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, while expressing sadness at the mindless attack thought to have been carried out by Boko Haram terrorists and sympathising with victims of the blast, had earlier put the death toll at 20 but from recent reports, the figure has risen.

Red Cross officials and security agencies have evacuated the dead bodies while the 32 injured persons were taking to the Ahmadu Bello University Teaching Hospital, Zaria and other hospitals in the city for treatment.

“I am sad that a terrorist bomb attack just killed 20 people in Sabon Gari Zaria,” Mr El-Rufa’i said on his Twitter account.

“We call on our citizens to be vigilant and avoid crowded places like markets, mosques, churches and motor parks in the next few weeks,” he added.

Mr El-Rufai promised that the government was working with the security agencies to end the wave of militant attacks in the country.

“We call on our citizens to be vigilant and avoid crowded places like markets, mosques, churches and motor parks in the next few weeks.

“We call on our people to report any suspicious persons and movements to law enforcement agents, traditional rulers and religious leaders.

“The Kaduna State government is working with Federal security agencies that are taking proactive measures to frustrate such terrorists,” El-Rufai said.

Governor Nasir El-Rufai has also visited the scene of the explosion.