Five houses were destroyed yesterday in a bomb blast in Benin causing chaos and panic in the city,the blast that happened at 3pm create an uncomfortable atmosphere at zomi zomi street in Upper Sakpoba, road as residents took to their heels with the rumour that Boko Haram has infiltrated the city.
But A police source at the scene revealed that, ” we learnt that the bungalow where the bomb was detonated was being used as a hide out by kidnappers some months ago. But a combined unit of soldiers and the police invaded the house and arrested the suspects.
“So recently, somebody hired the building and just this afternoon, decided to burn some papers in the compound. He set the papers on fire and went out to buy something. But immediately he left the bomb exploded. He never knew that the kidnappers left some bombs in the house”.
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