Explosion yesterday rocked the Administrative block of the Gombe State University, Gombe prompting a colossal destruction of both the building and many valuable items in the building.
The block also houses the Senate, Council Chambers as well as the office of the Vice Chancellor of the University.

According to sources from the University, the incident occurred at about 8:30, Thursday night when workers and staff had closed and left office.
Though there were no human casualties, the items in the office which included chairs, tables and sensitive documents were burnt by the fire that ensued in the explosion.
Some students of the University who spoke to Vanguard said sporadic gunshots around the senate building and the second gate of the University preceded the explosion.
The incident caused unusual panic and resulted to an immediate mass exodus of the many students who fled the school on the heels of the explosion.
A fleeing female remedial student who craved for anonymity told this reporter that running home for safety in the company of other students that night was not easy as they took a great risky flagging down a vehicle whose driver they did not know to take them home.

The Vice Chancellor of the University, Professor Abdualhi Mahdi responding to a question from Vanguard said that “there is nothing that I know about it. Just as you are seeing it, is the way I saw it too. It happened...