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Thursday 17 May 2012

Explosion In Port Harcourt

 
The explosion in Port Harcourt this morning was neither a bomb nor Boko Haram. The Rivers State governor say the explosion was caused by armed robbers who were on their way to rob, with guns and dynamites in their bus. They were smoking in the bus as they were going to rob, and as God would have it, fire from the cigarettes triggered the dynamite in their bus to explode, killing only the driver. The three other robbers in the bus survived and were immediately arrested by police.

26 comments:

Anonymous said...

Lyntroy says......
better oo,tot it was boko haram,cos the just have to remain where they are and keep destroying themselves,since they ve decided not to have till the end of live.

Duke Emeka said...

Ok good, cos I was becoming scared, my house is close by. Thanks for the real info.

Anonymous said...

Linda am sure it's a bomb. Rivers state govt can cover things. They are too coded

Anonymous said...

May God Help us all ooo

GreekGoddess said...

It's a pity. May their souls rest in peace.

eeehh said...

it wasnt a petrol tanker either, i was a bus that had dynamite and some ak 47s, it was for armed robbers obviuosly on der way to cause havoc somewhr, and nemesis caught up wiv them, the two supposedly dead were also armed robbers, so i guess we can celebrate in PH. yaayy!!!

Anonymous said...

sorry about the two people that died. But it's such a relief it is not boko haram.

My fam is in PH and most people i have known all my life. the thought of the menace called boko haram moving to that area scares the socks off of me

Dapuski said...

Correct dis notion it is not 2 dead but 1 confirmed dead while 3 others r hospitalised , 2ndly it was not a petrol tanker it was only a bus which had som hoodlums wit Ak47 weapons wit live catridges

subzero said...

Wow!!!! BH don enter east.....God help us!!!!

Janded said...

Isn't that he bus with the armed robbers?

emman ubaka said...

it is wrong to conclude too early that its not Boko Haram,police should be allowed to conclude investigation The tanker driver should be identified and seperated from sucide bomber because boko haram members are mostly tanker drivers.it started in this form in the North

Anonymous said...

Governor Chibuike Amaechi of Rivers state just from the Explosion Scene confirmed live on 95.9 cool FM and channels TV that the explosion was not initiated by a bomb but a mistake by a group of armed robbers riding in the bus who apparently ignited their ammunition while smoking.
Only the driver and one of the occupants were killed, other 2 occupants are in hospital in police custody.
3 AK47 rifles were recovered from the vehicle. No crater was created by the explosion, proving it wasn't a bomb; no shrapnel, no shock wave as by standers were not affected.
This coroborates eye-witness reports already received.
He reassures PHC dwellers that govt is doing enough to keep the city safe from terrorism and warns against presumptuous reprisal attacks and undue sensationalism in the social media.

Anonymous said...

May deir soul rest in perfect peace.

Anonymous said...

yayyyy! 1st here & its my 1st tym commenting too.
i tot de said it wz dynamite? RIP 2 d lost lives, too much carelessness in ds country despite d security status in d country :-(

Gbemisola Ero-Phillips said...

So sad. May they RIP. Glad it wasn't those our brothers who think a bomb is a toy.

Anonymous said...

HO̶̲̥̅̶̷̩̥̊͡ careless CA̷̷̴Ŋ one get..?
Ȋ̊ wonder why these people Ѡȋ̊ℓℓ not get a life outside crime.
NONsense

Honest Nigeria said...

That's some serious bullsh*t.. Cigarrete smoke/fire lighting a dynamite? Have u seen a dynamite? It's not somethiing that gets triggered by mistake.

I dont know whats happening, but I believe they r tryna cover things, to avoid panic.

Me no believe their yarns sha... No (PDP) government is known for telling the truth.

Anonymous said...

Weda d story na true or na lie...thank God say no innocent person die....na d same ole pple still die.....God no go allow us c bad tin 4 PH in Jesus Name.....

Nina said...

Amazing ,the hunter becomes the hunted ..

Anonymous said...

Linda,tnks for correcting your info,yesterday you initially said it was a petrol tanker.

Anonymous said...

We are watching nw but anyhow God dey

Anonymous said...

PRAISE JEHOVAH, rot in hell the death ones, the injured join them soon after reeling out info

Anonymous said...

PRAISE JEHOVAH, rot in hell the death ones, the injured join them soon after reeling out info

earnonlineng said...

Just security and nothing more is needed in niaja

Chux said...

I need to see those so-called robbers' faces. I wonder where they were going to rob with all those ammunitions.

Anonymous said...

First of all linda, I was @ d scene wen d bus exploded. A part of d bus even touched me and I was dere even wen the police arrived and the press. We never heard @ d scene dat dey were armed robbers till I heard d news via blackberry. I was still @ d scene wen d report dat dey were robbers on a mission. I took lots of pics and trust me d govt is covering up a lot.

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