The police have denied that a suicide bomber detonated suicide vest near a primary school in Afikpo, Ebonyi State.
A man died of an explosive today, May 25 in Afikpo. Eyewitnesses claimed that he tried to gain access into a primary school compound but was prevented, leading to a lone explosion.
But the police spokesperson in Ebonyi State, Loveth Odah, said the victim of the blast was a mobile police officer on special deployment to Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.
According to the police spokesperson, the officer – Idi Aminu, died as a result of an accidental explosion from a hand grenade he was carrying opposite the Amizi Amangbala Primary School in Afikpo North.
The statement reads: “He mistakenly hit the lead of his grenade which was hanging on his waist with his elbow, resulting in the deadly explosion,” Odah said.