{"id":23752,"date":"2014-03-03T21:47:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-03T20:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=23752"},"modified":"2014-03-03T21:47:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T20:47:55","slug":"panic-in-kano-govt-buildings-over-bomb-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/panic-in-kano-govt-buildings-over-bomb-scare\/","title":{"rendered":"Panic In Kano Govt Buildings Over Bomb Scare"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>Civil servants at Audu Bako secretariat in Kano ran for dear lives on\r\nMonday afternoon when it was rumoured that a bomb was planted in the large\r\nestate that houses key-government ministeries, including the state House\r\nof Assembly complex.\r\n\r\nPointblanknews.com reports that insurgent attacks and bomb explosions have\r\nbeen put under control in the commercial city for over nine months now\r\nwhen bombs multiple bombs exploded within the Sabon Gari axis targeting\r\nfun seekers.\r\n\r\nHowever, security has been beefed up at Audu Bako secretariat in Kano,\r\nnorthwest Nigeria following bomb-scar that panicked civil servants at the\r\nsecretariat Monday afternoon.\r\n\r\nKano state Police Command has also dismissed as false the rumour that an\r\nImprovised Explosive Devices, IEDs, was detonated by the police anti-bomb\r\nsquare at the secretariat.\r\n\r\nASP Musa Magaji Majiya, spokesman of Kano police Command said there was\r\nnever a time a bomb was planted at the secretariat, adding that the police\r\nin the state did not detonate any explosive at the secretariat.\r\n\r\nIt was gathered that at about 2:30 p.m., civils servants at the\r\nsecretariat ran helter-skelter as the rumour spread that a bomb was\r\nplanted there.\r\n\r\n \u201cMany of us closed work at 2:30 p.m. when we were directed by our senior\r\nofficers to vacate the secretariat immediately for safety,\u201d said a civil\r\nservant who craved anonymity.\r\n\r\nMajiya described the speculation as an attempt by some disgruntled\r\nelements to disrupt the peace the state has been enjoying for some months\r\nnow.<\/pre>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civil servants at Audu Bako secretariat in Kano ran for dear lives on Monday afternoon when it was rumoured that a bomb was planted in the large estate that houses&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23753,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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