Martins Olasehinde
A farmer has been reportedly killed in a bomb explosion in Nigeria’s north-central state of Niger.
Residents said the victim, identified as Isyaku Gambo – stepped on the explosive suspected to have been planted on the road between Unguwan-Usman village and Bassa in the Shiroro Local Government Area of the state while conveying his farm produce to Bassa on a motorcycle.
A source said the body of the victim was shattered by the explosion.
“The incident happened today (Saturday), around 3pm when the victim was returning home from the farm where he had gone to bring some farm produce home. This is the first time we are experiencing this and it is believed that the explosive devise was planted by terrorists,” the source told Daily Trust newspaper.
The Niger State Police Command’s spokesman SP Wasiu Abiodun did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Similarly, the Niger State Commissioner for Homeland Security, Brigadier General Bello Abdullahi Mohammed (RDT) could not be reached on the phone. He was also yet to respond to a text message sent to him.
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