Taraba State Police Command says it has sent a strong investigative team to the Iware community, Ardo Kola Local Government Area of the state where an explosion took place on Tuesday evening the 19th of April, 2022.
The State Commissioner of Police, CP Abimbola Sokoya disclosed this through the PPRO of the Command, DSP Usman Abdullahi in an interview with our reporter in Jalingo.
DSP Usman Abdullahi explained that already CP Abimbola Sokoya had sent the anti-bomb unit who are working round the clock to ensure that there are no remnants of the explosive, while the men of the State Investigation Bureau (SIB) are now going on intelligent aimed at unraveling sources behind the attack.
“As you know yesterday we recovered three corpses who were killed as a result of the explosion at Iware and almost nineteen persons injured who are currently receiving treatment at the FMC Jalingo, while later on, we got another woman who was also a victim of the explosion who later died while receiving treatment,
“so now the number has risen to six out of which five identified corpses have been claimed by their relatives while no claim to the one that is suspected to be one of the suspected bombers. The CP is preparing to visit the scene after which we will compile our report and submit it.” The PPRO revealed.
DSP Usman Abdullahi advised the general public to be calm and go about their normal businesses as the command had taken over the situation, and urged them to shun rumor-mongering, posting of fake news on social media, and to be security conscious.
Meanwhile, the Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly, Prof. Joseph Albasu Kunini (MP), during a plenary session condemned in strong terms the bomb blast and described the act by the faceless people as inhuman, because the State has enjoyed relative peace.
He decried that the disdainful and dastardly act by the miscreants came at a time when the State Government has been doing everything humanly possible for peace to reign in the State and to ensure the security of the lives and property of the people.
Sani Sulaiman
