UPDATED: SchoolChildren Feared Dead As Gas Explosion Rocks Kano

Tension has gripped residents of the Sabon Gari area of Kano State over a gas cylinder explosion in the area on Wednesday morning.

It was gathered that a gas explosion has been detonated on Aba road in Sabon Gari road, Kano leaving scores dead and others injured.

According to BBC, Nafiu Nuhu, president of Sabon Gari Market, the gas explosion affected schoolchildren in the area.

Meanwhile, Kano State Police Command has said this morning’s explosion along Aba Road by Court Road in the Sabon Gari area of Kano, was caused by a gas cylinder and not a bomb.

The Command issued a statement, confirming the explosion but stated that gas and not a bomb, caused the explosion that brought down a school building.

NEWSFLASH NIGERIA had reported the explosion, which has recorded four casualties so far, with an eyewitness telling NEWSFLASH NIGERIA that they saw a suicide bomber detonate explosives.

The state Police Commissioner, Samaila Dikko, in a short video clip issued to newsmen, stated that there was an explosion from a welder’s shop close to a nursery and primary school.

The explosion brought the building down and people were buried in rubble from where four dead bodies were recovered.

“It wasn’t a bomb blast. It’s a gas cylinder explosion. The seller’s shop is on the ground floor of the building where the school is located.

“So, when the cylinder exploded, it brought down the building and the pupils got injured. There wasn’t a bomb blast,” the Police Commissioner stated.

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