An explosion occurred on Thursday morning in Okene, Kogi, killing four persons, according to Police report.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the explosion occurred at about 9 a.m.
It occurred near the wall of the second gate of the palace of the Ohinoyi of Ebira Land on Kuroko road, Okene.
A car and two motorcycles were also burnt in the explosion.
A witness said that the explosion occurred in a car and the motorcycles, killing the two cyclists instantly.
The charred corpses were sighted at the scene of the explosion even as the security operatives sealed up the area.
“I was in the house when I heard a loud explosion; by the time I came out, I saw a car on fire, along with two motorcycles, close to the second gate of the Ohinoyi’s Palace.
“The explosion was so massive, with three bodies on the ground around the palace, ” a witness said.
SP Williams Ovye-Aya, the Kogi Police Command’s spokesman, who confirmed the situation, 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 up the area.
He said that investigation into the blast had begun.(NAN)
