Odinkalu said the first police report of the incident blamed the explosion on a suicide bomber that tried to forcefully gain access to the primary school in the neighbourhood which is populated by Christians and Southerners.
By Ishaya Ibrahim, News Editor
Residents of Sabon Gari, a hub of commercial activities in Kano State, have disagreed with the state’s Police over the cause of the explosion that occurred around a primary school which has so far killed four persons.
The Kano State police commissioner, Sama’ila Shu’aibu Dikko, had said the explosion was caused by a gas explosion at a welder shop close to the school.
A former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Professor Chidi Odinkalu, had rejected the claim 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 which is populated by Christians and Southerners.
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.
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The report also quoted a female resident in the area who refused to state her name but 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.