The management of the General Hospital Kabba in Kogi state has stated that the owner of the beer parlour, Mrs. Omofemi Oyehunwa and ten other victims were rushed to the hospital for treatment shortly after an explosion.
According to Daily Trust, Dr. Ibrahim Sule, head of the X-Ray unit of the hospital disclosed this to journalists on Monday evening in Kabba.
However, Dr Sule added that other victims had received medication and had been discharged, but Mrs Oyehunwa remained in the hospital for further tests.
“We have to take her into the X-Ray unit for her to undertake a test on her buttocks, to be sure there is no foreign object in her body.
“She is out of the X-Ray unit, walking by herself, which shows that she’s fast recovering from the injury she sustained on her buttocks”, he said.
Meanwhile, the Executive Chairman of Kabba/Bunu Local Government, Hon. Moses Olorunleke has ordered that all beer parlours in Kabba should be closed by 7 pm.
Also, he directed commercial motorcycle operators, popularly called Okada to suspend their activities by 10 pm, saying that whoever goes against this directive would be made to face the law.
The ancient city of Kabba was rattled with another explosion incident on Sunday night.
The first explosion which generated controversies as to whether it was a bomb or gas cylinder, occurred on May 11 at a beer parlour around Lewu Junction in Kabba town.
Confirming Sunday incident, 18 days after the first explosion, Police public relations officer, SP William Aya, said the explosion happened at one Omofemi Bar at Okepadi Quarters, Kabba, around 9.15pm of Sunday.
Aya said the Commissioner of Police, Mr. Edward Egbuka, has directed our DC Investigations and the bomb detective squad to move to the scene to ascertain the very nature of the explosion.
He stated then that there were no casualties, but only chairs and tables and the building is affected by the yet to be determined nature of the explosion.
“The police is on top of the situation as our officers and men drafted to the area have cordoned the place until an investigation reveals the real cause of the explosion.
It is very unfortunate that criminal elements are out to disrupt the prevailing peace we are enjoying in Kogi,” he said.
The Police spokesman assured that the command will not rest until criminal elements are brought to book.
He called on the people of Kabba to be calm and go about their normal duties without any fear.
