Second ‘bombing’ in Kaduna kills at least 17 – NEMA

A second blast on Wednesday in Kaduna has killed at least 17 people, the national rescue agency said, after an earlier suicide attack in the city killed at least 25.

“We are still working on the figures but so far we have 17 dead,” said Musa Illela, a Kaduna-based official with the National Emergency Management Agency, referring specifically to the second attack which he described as “a bomb blast.



More than 50 cars were damaged in the second blast, according to the eyewitness.

Also, in the first blast which took place along Alkali/Isa Kaita road occurred at about 12.30pm while the second one was near the Kawo overhead bridge and occurred two hours later.

Sheik Darihu Bauchi, a renowned Islamic cleric, was the target of the suicide bomber who followed his convoy after delivering a Ramadan lecture (Tafsir) at the Murtala Square, in Kaduna State.

Meanwhile, the Kaduna State Government immediately imposed a 24-hour-curfew on the state.
Governor Muktar Yero, who condemned the despicable act, noted that the curfew was imposed to enable security operatives to restore normalcy.

Yero, through his Director-General, Media and Public Affairs, Ahmed Mayaki, described the bomb blast as the height of ‘cowardice’ by those bent on creating tension in the state.