Barely a week after multiple explosions killed over 200 people in Jos, the Plateau State capital, another round of explosion went off in the city on Saturday night, along Bauchi Road near the University of Jos, Jos North Local Government Area.
A resident told our correspondent that the bomber may have targetted a viewing centre where football fans gathered to watch the final of the UEFA Champions League between Real Madrid and Athletico Madrid but the bomb reportedly went off less than 20 kilometres to the scene, killing the suicide bomber.
The blast followed the twin blasts, which occurred in the same city on Tuesday in which no fewer than a hundred people were killed and many others wounded and hospitalised.
Although information about the Saturday night blast was sketchy, the bomb was said to have been planted in a car, near a car stand where some youths were watching the match.
It was gathered that the bomb exploded near a residence injuring the owner of the house and his son with the bomber and two others reportedly killed in the blast.
The sound of the blast, eyewitnesses say, reverberated round the city and was heard around Angwan Rogo area of Jos North, behind the temporary site of the University of Jos. The sound was, reportedly, so loud it shook most buildings around the area. It was heard as far as Bukuru in Jos South, about 12 km from Jos.
A resident, Sani Mudi, who lives around Bauchi road told our correspondent that all the residents of the area rushed out of their houses, trying to fathom where the bomb exploded.
The spokesperson of the Plateau State Police Command, Felicia Anselm, confirmed the blasts.
In a statement on Saturday night, Plateau State Governor, Jonah Jang, urged the people of the state to remain courageous and vowed to ensure that the masterminds are tracked down.
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