It is unclear if the latest attack was targeted at the Emir of Kano.
UPDATE 1: An explosion has been reported near the Emir’s palace in Kano.
The explosive device, driven in a keke NAPEP tricycle, went off metres away from the palace’s back fence, very close to the central mosque where the Emir prays on Fridays.
Muktar Ahmed who prayed at a Mosque close by, minutes before the explosion, said the explosion occurred shortly after the Ishai prayer time, around 8:00 p.m.
The casualty rate is still unknown as the police are still awakening to the incident.
“The scene of the incident was immediately barricaded by the police,” Mr. Ahmed said.
The Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, was a target of an assassination attempt in mid January.
He was attacked by gunmen on a Saturday afternoon leading to the death of his driver and his orderly.
The gunmen laid ambush on the convoy of the Emir around the Zoo road when he was returning from the Murtala Mosque in the city where he had gone to attend a Quranic recitation competition.
He sustained minor injuries and was flown to London for treatment.
It is unclear if the latest attack was targeted at the Emir.
UPDATE 2: Residents of Kano city apprehended and killed three suspected bombers who set off an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, near a Mosque very close to the palace of the Emir of Kano, Ado Bayero, witnesses say.
The spokesperson of the Joint Task Force in Kano, Ikedioha Iweha, confirmed the explosion. He said also confirmed that no one died from the explosion, itself.
UPDATE 3: What happened
Items recovered by JTF during a suspected Boko Haram hideout in Kano
A suspected bomber has been lynched by Kano residents during an unsuccessful attempt to detonate a bomb at Kofar Kwaru, near the Emir of Kano’s palace on Wednesday night.
A witness, who pleaded anonymity, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) that no casualty was recorded when the bomber threw what was suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
The witness said that one of the suspects was lynched, while the other was handed over to security operatives.
He said that the suspects were riding a tricycle and “one was caught and burnt by people when he tried to run away after throwing the IED’’.
The spokesman of the Joint Task Force in Kano, Capt. Ikedichi Iweha, confirmed the incident, saying “the area has been cordoned off by security men and that more details will be given soon”.
Former Military President, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida, had a fortnight ago, suggested the engagement of ordinary citizens in fighting the activities of Boko Haram insurgents.
Babangida advised Nigerians to adopt the “Azare style”, referring to the method adopted by residents of Azare in Bauchi State, to deal with suspected terrorists.
Azare residents last year over-powered some gunmen who invaded the town and have been enjoying relative peace since then.
Source: Premium Times
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