Four Persons Die in Explosion Few Hours to Buhari’s Visit

Four persons have died following an explosion around the palace of HRH Ohinoyi of Ebira in Okene, Kogi State on Thursday morning.

Though the Anti-Bomb unit of the Police Command has been deployed to the scene, it was also gathered that President Muhammadu Buhari has arrived for a visit to the State.

Reports say the blast happened around 9 am along Kuroko road, not far from the new Reference Hospital, one of the projects commissioned by the President today.

Among the projects the president commissioned include Specialist Hospital Okene, Confluence University of Science and Technology, Ganaja overhead bridge, Muhammadu Buhari Square, and others.