which occurred in Benin City » , Edo State was not a terrorist
attack.
The assurance was given by the Brigade Commander, 4
Brigade of the Nigerian Army in Benin City, Brigadier General
Faruk Yahaya, The Guardian reports.
"We heard of the explosion here and I came for an on-the-spot
assessment to know what happened, so that you can brief
appropriately. By my assessment and by that of others, it is
obvious that it is not a terrorist attack," he said.
"It is not an attack on this place. The people around here can
bear witness; we don't think it is an attack. Perhaps, you can
describe it as an accident or something that was buried there
that exploded.
"We are grateful to God that when the thing happened, there
were no people very close by. The incident would have been
bigger; what happened to nearby houses is as a result of
vibration from the explosion.
"What I will only urge all of us to do is to be vigilant. Security
is everybody's business. When you see something you do not
understand, you suspect, report to the security agencies.
People are living in communities; when there is somebody alien
to them, they know.
"I am not in a position to say what the building was meant for.
What we saw suggests that whoever was there, was having the
material (IEDs) you saw," he added.
The explosion » , which occurred in the Sokponba area of
the capital city on Tuesday, February 2, was said to have
destroyed five houses.
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