“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.
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