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Two Kaduna Bomb Victims Targets Sheik Ahmad Gumi For Cursing Boko Haram by Hadone(m): 12:14pm On Aug 15, 2012
Two people carrying explosives on motorbikes were killed by their own bombs in Kaduna yesterday, witnesses said, suggesting that the bombers targeted Islamic scholar Ahmad Gumi who recently criticised attacks blamed on the Boko Haram sect.


Only the bomb carriers died in the incident which happened at about 3.35pm on the busy Ali Akilu Road.



Witnesses said the bike-bombers appeared to be heading towards the Sultan Bello Mosque where hundreds of Muslims were gathering for Sheikh Gumi’s Ramadan Tafsir which was due to start in less than 30 minutes.

They said Gumi uses the same road to go to the mosque for the preaching session, which has been holding daily from 4pm since the beginning of the Muslim fasting month that ends at the weekend.

People who attend the Tafsir sessions said Gumi had recently criticised Boko Haram-linked suicide bombings and shootings, describing such acts as sacrilegious.

“(The bombers) were heading for Sultan Bello Mosque but before they reached the roundabout, we heard a loud explosion and three of them died instantly,” said a witness, Kaduna polytechnic student Idris Mustapha. [Islamic scholar Ahmad Gumi ]

“Two were riding one of bikes while another person who we believe was part of them, was driving behind them. Then there was a loud blast,” he said.

Another witness, Jamilu Ibrahim, said, “The bomb was being carried by two people, a woman and a man on top of Okada, when the explosion happened. There were no people close to them and it only affected the people that were carrying it.

“We suspect that the bomb was being carried to Sultan Bello Mosque where Sheikh Ahmad Gumi is holding his Tafsir. It was the same area a policeman was killed by a bomb.”

Soon after the blast, security men cordoned the roadway, diverting traffic from the Lugard Hall roundabout.

Destroyed parts of the motorcycles and human body parts were strewn on the road.

There was a mild drama when bees swarmed the blast scene, stopping people and security men from coming close to the area.

Kaduna State Police commissioner Abubakar Jinjiri Mohammed confirmed that two people died in the blast.

He said the police had taken custody of the motorcycles and the corpses for investigation. “Everywhere is calm; we have cordoned the area while investigation continues,” Mohammed said.

In his reaction, Governor Patrick Yakowa said the blast was unnecessary, devilish and uncalled for.

“But based on our conviction that good always triumph over evil, we are continuing our task of providing the needed protection for all our people and we are optimistic that we will come out stronger from this security challenge,” the governor’s spokesman Reuben Buhari said.

Kaduna has witnessed bomb blasts in recent months, but this was the first of such since the start of the Ramadan on July 20.

No group has claimed responsibility for the yesterday’s incident.

http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/index.php/other-sections/lead-stories/174369-bomb-carriers-blasted-to-death-in-kaduna

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Re: Two Kaduna Bomb Victims Targets Sheik Ahmad Gumi For Cursing Boko Haram by Hadone(m): 12:45pm On Aug 15, 2012
[size=18pt]But unfortunately, this topic will die a natural death. The picture was aleady there at the home page without the story. Any topic that reveal Boko Haram as a criminal terrorist harming both muslims and christains does not get even close to the front page. This clearly shows how anti-islamic nairaland use to be. May Allah continue to protect us from evil of the hypocrites.[/size]
Re: Two Kaduna Bomb Victims Targets Sheik Ahmad Gumi For Cursing Boko Haram by lacasa: 2:59pm On Aug 15, 2012
Ɣou are ​ so​ right.

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