An explosion has reportedly rocked a church in Jos,
Plateau state, today, Sunday, July 12.
According to Premium Times, the incident occurred at ECWA
church in Tudunwa, Angwan yashi, near the Federal
Secretariat in Jos. Leadership reports that it was a twin
explosion.
An eye witness characterized the explosion as “massive”
and the sound from it as very loud. The death toll is feared
to be high as there were a lot of worshippers present at the
service.
UPDATE
Luckily, due to the timely intervention of the security guard
who spotted the planted bomb there was no casualty
recorded. A witness narrated that the guard had picked the
explosive and had thrown it off the church following which it
went off immediately.
The guard sustained injuries on the leg and was rushed to
the hospital.
Another witness said that upon arrival, police anti-bomb
unit discovered one more bomb planted in the restroom of
the church.
The police confirmed that nobody had been killed in the
Sunday attack. Plateau police spokesman Abuh Emmanuel
was quoted as saying:
“Experts have been sent there immediately to ascertain
those who planted the explosion, and possibly, the
manufacturers of the device. But I was told no one died in
the incident.”
The tragedy comes shortly after the July 5 twin explosion in
Jos, which claimed dozens of lives. A week ago a church on
the outskirts on Potiskum, Yobe state, was attacked.
Condemning the renewed attacks by insurgents on places of
worship, the presidency said:
“Nigerians are a very religious people and President Buhari
believes that the terrorists who wantonly attack our places
of worship have willfully declared war on all that we value,
and must therefore be confronted with all our might and
collective resolve.”
Officials are yet to comment on the Sunday incident