Jigawa Driver Abandons Explosives And Rifles-Laden Car

The Nigerian Police Force’s Kano Command has detained a Mercedes Benz automobile loaded with IEDs, two Ak-47 rifles, and four AK-47 magazines.

The automobile transporting the explosives was intercepted at Bubbugaje Quarters, Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state, according to State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Haruna Kiyawa, in a press statement on Saturday.

According to Kiyawa, the now-fleeing driver of the ash-colored automobile, which was coming from Jigawa State, abandoned his car and fled to his heels when he saw security agents.

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Meanwhile, the PPRO announced that suspects in connection with the explosion in Sabon Gari earlier this week had been arrested.

It was earlier reported that an explosion shook a building close to the Winners Chapel Academy, Aba, Court Road, Kano, killing nine people and partially leveling a building opposite the nursery school.