Bomb Explosion hits Ekiti Govt House

There was pandemonium in Okesha area of Ado-Ekiti, Ekiti state in the early hours of Saturday as a bomb went off around the old government house.

It was gathered that the explosion brought down a building around the area, and that it also affected a section of the state ministry of chieftaincy affairs.

The explosion also damaged parts of the ministry of finance, and other buildings in the premises.

Amba Asuquo, commissioner of police, was at the scene of the blast, and he said preliminary investigation revealed that the bomb might have gone off from the explosive ordnance office (EOD) house within the premises.