Car Bomb Explosion Averted At Gombe Secondary School

Tragedy was averted yesterday in a secondary school in Gombe when the Nigerian police uncovered a car laden with explosives that had been abandoned in the area.

According to police source, Police bomb experts discovered 12 improvised explosives loaded in a car that was abandoned on the premises of the state-run Pilot secondary school, following a tip-off.

Police spokesman in the state, Fwaje Attajiri while confirming the incident said, “Our ordnance experts discovered 12 IEDs (improvised explosive devices) in the trunk of the car left in the vicinity of the school after we were alerted,” he said.

“The explosives had the capacity of causing maximum damage and would have caused huge casualty had they detonated in the school with a high student population,” he added.

The police boss said investigation was ongoing to fish out those behind the foiled attack.