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Confusion, Panic As Explosion Rocks Kaduna State Hotel

February 28, 2022

This has since caused confusion and panic in the community.

A substance suspected to be Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on Sunday, rocked the Dorino hotel in Kaduna State.
This has since caused confusion and panic in the community.

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Eyewitnesses said they heard a deafening explosion from the premises of the hotel around 9pm on Sunday.
A local vigilante said the source of the explosion could not be ascertained but security operatives had visited the scene to investigate the cause.
Meanwhile, the Kaduna Police spokesman Muhammed Jalige said the substance that caused the explosion was suspected to be IEDs.
According to him, officers and men from the Command’s anti-bomb Squad were at the scene to analyse particles at the scene.
He assured details of findings would be made available after investigation.
Jalige however confirmed there was no casualty from the explosion while the destruction caused by the explosion was also minimal.
He said, “The explosion is suspected to be IED, there is no casualty recorded in the incident. There was nobody in the building when it exploded. It happened Sunday night around 21:45pm.
“The anti-bomb squad has been deployed to the scene to analyse the particles we got from the place.”