The Police commissioner told the
media that a Peugeot 406 car rigged
powerful explosives had been
discovered neatly tucked at the gate
of Isiayaku Rabiu Mosque in Goro
Dutche quarters in the city. The car
had been timed to explode during
Eid Fitr’s prayers on Sunday
(today). The Nigeria police in Kano today said it
averted a major catastrophe in Kano, Nigeria
as its Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit de-
activated a powerful bomb targeting Muslim
faithfuls observing the Sallah break.
Briefing newsmen on the discovery of what
he described as high-caliber car bomb, the
state commissioner of police Mr. Adenrele
Shinaba said the causality figure would have
been so alarming had the bomb exploded at a
time when tens of thousands of Muslims were
observing their Eld-El-Fitr prayer at the
Mosque.