Four persons were killed, while several others
sustained serious injuries following a bomb attack on a community radio
station, TAO FM in Okene, Kogi State, yesterday night.
A source in the town said that the bomb
exploded at the radio station, operating on 101.5 frequency, at about 8pm.
Unconfirmed reports said that those killed
were mainly security personnel, who might have confronted the assailants as
they were trying to deliver their deadly goods.
The reason for bombing the radio station
located at the centre of Okene town, which is the headquarters of Kogi Central
Senatorial District, was not known as no group had claimed responsibility for
the attack.
Confirming the incident, state Police Public
Relations Officer, Shola Collins, said that police detectives had already been
mobilized to the scene of the incident.
Collins said the attack affected part of the
radio station building, adding that four persons had already been confirmed
dead, while many were still in various hospitals in the area.
According to Collins, the police would do
anything humanly possible to unravel those behind the act and bring them to
book.
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