Contrary to the narrative of the Nigerian Police Force, an eyewitness has alleged that the bomb that caused an explosion at the Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Kuchibuyi Village, Bwari Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday was brought into the school by a student.
DAILY GIST reported earlier the deadly explosion killed 2 students and injured four others.
The incident occurred as the student, who had arrived from Katsina State a day earlier, was reportedly showing the explosive device to another child.
The eyewitness explained, “The explosive detonated at the point the boy from Katsina was showing the object to another child in the school.”
The student holding the device died instantly, while the second child succumbed to injuries later at the hospital.
Two survivors of the explosion are currently receiving treatment: a little girl at the Kubwa General Hospital and another boy who has been referred to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital. Gory images from the scene have surfaced, revealing the devastating aftermath of the explosion.
The school, a three-classroom block built for nomadic education, has since been sealed by the FCT Police.
A security source told PREMIUM TIMES that the incident occurred at about noon on Monday at an Islamiyyah school in the Kuchibiyu Community of Bwari Area Council, about 42 kilometres from the Abuja city centre.
Another source said emergency and security personnel, including the police bomb disposal squad, have arrived at the explosion scene while the injured victims have been rushed to hospital.
The police are yet to comment on the incident, so details of the explosion remain sketchy.
However, a security source said, “The dead student, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, bore the substance suspected to be IED while it exploded and injured the other students, thereby causing pandemonium in the centre”. Authorities at the school could not be reached at this time.
The source added that “the students involved were recently admitted into the school and that they resumed on 3rd January 2025.”
