Four persons were feared killed in an explosion that took place on Thursday morning in Okene, Kogi State.
President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to visit Okene on Thursday.
According to the police in the state, the explosion occurred at about 9 a.m.near the wall of the second gate of the palace of the Ohinoyi of Ibira on Kuroko Road, Okene.
The explosion burnt a vehicle and two motorcycles.
An eyewitness said the bomb exploded from the affected vehicle and the motorcyclists, killing the two cyclists instantly.
The bodies of the dead persons were at the scene of the explosion even as the security operatives sealed off the area.
“I was in the house when I had a loud explosion, by the time I came out, I saw a vehicle on fire burning along with two motorcycles close to the second gate of the Ohinoyi’s palace.
“The explosion was so massive as three bodies were laying on the ground around the palace, ” an eyewitness said.
The witness said the explosion occurred when President Muhammadu Buhari was expected to arrive in Okene to commission some legacy projects of Gov. Yahaya Bello of the state.
Some of the projects to be commissioned include Reference Hospital, Confluence University of Technology, Ganaja Flyover and some road projects.
the Kogi Police Command’s spokesman SP Williams Ovye-Aya, described the incident as “very unfortunate” and “shocking.”
Ovye-Aya said the police were on top of the situation as security operatives had already sealed off the area.
He said the police had begun investigating the blast.
