Director of Winners Academy Nursery and Primary School, in an interview with Arise Television, alleged that the explosion was the handiwork of a suicide bomber whose mission was to bomb the school children to death.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
The director of the Winners Academy Nursery and Primary School in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State, Lennie Ujaja, has debunked the claim by the Kano State Government and the Nigeria Police Force that the explosion near the school was caused by a gas cylinder.
Recall that an explosion rocked Aba Road, close to Winners Nursery and Primary School in the Sabon Gari area of Kano State. Sabon Gari is dominated by Southerners and Christians, and has been the hub of vehicle spare parts dealings.
The Kano State Governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, and the state’s commissioner of police, Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, have all claimed that the explosion was caused by a gas explosion at a welder shop close to the school.
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But the director of Winners Academy Nursery and Primary School director, in an interview with Arise Television, alleged that the explosion was the handiwork of a suicide bomber whose mission was to bomb the school children to death. He claimed that it was God that saved the situation as the suicide bomber detonated himself some metres away from the school.
An Arise Television Correspondent said residents of Sabon Gari have rejected the claim that the explosion was a result of a gas cylinder in a welder shop. They said the welder uses electricity for his work and not gas cylinder.
TheNiche had reported that a former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, also rejected the claim that the explosion was caused by a gas cylinder by publishing what he said was the first police report of the incident which blamed the explosion on a suicide bomber that tried to forcefully gain access to the primary school in the neighbourhood.
Also, reporting by Premium Times quoted some residents close to the scene of the explosion claiming that it was the handiwork of a suicide bomber.
The report quoted a welder around the vicinity who dismissed the claim of a gas explosion, saying there was no gas shop in the area that could result in such destruction.
The report also quoted a female resident in the area who alleged that the explosion was not caused by a gas explosion.
“How can they say it is a gas explosion, it’s not. How can a gas explosion dismember a human and take him metres far away?
“It’s a suicide bomber who struggle to enter the school before the explosive got detonated. This is purely a bombing explosion, not gas,” she added.