Four
persons were killed, while several others sustained serious injuries following
a bomb attack on a community radio station, TAO FM in Okene, Kogi State, yesterday
night.
A
source in the town said that the bomb exploded at the radio station, operating
on 101.5 frequency, at about 8pm.
Unconfirmed
reports said that those killed were mainly security personnel, who might have
confronted the assailants as they were trying to deliver their deadly goods.
The
reason for bombing the radio station located at the centre of Okene town, which
is the headquarters of Kogi Central Senatorial District, was not known as no
group had claimed responsibility for the attack.
Confirming
the incident, state Police Public Relations Officer, Shola Collins, said that
police detectives had already been mobilized to the scene of the incident.
Collins
said the attack affected part of the radio station building, adding that four
persons had already been confirmed dead, while many were still in various
hospitals in the area.
According
to Collins, the police would do anything humanly possible to unravel those
behind the act and bring them to book.
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