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Minor explosion rocks Enugu as state holds LG election, 2 wounded
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- There was an explosion in Enugu state on Saturday as residents were arriving to vote in the local government election

- No life was lost, while two persons were reported wounded

- SP Ebere Amaraizu said there is no cause for alarm as it was just a coincidence happening on the day of election

The Enugu state police command has confirmed the arrest of three persons in connection with minor explosion which occurred on Saturday, November 4, about 400 metres away from a polling station at Coal Camp, in the Enugu metropolis.

NAN reports that the polling station was one of the designated centres for Saturday’s Enugu state local government election.

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The command’s spokesperson, SP Ebere Amaraizu, who confirmed the development in an interview with NAN in Enugu on Saturday, said that two persons were wounded.

Amaraizu also said that a tricycle was destroyed by the minor explosion which occurred at a workshop about 400 metres near the entrance of a polling station at Coal Camp.

“There is no cause for alarm as the command’s Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD) is already at the scene of the incident.

“The polling station close to the scene is still having voters patiently waiting to exercise their franchise.

“It is just a coincidence happening on the day of election.

“The command, however, is assuring members of the public that the cause of the minor explosion will be thoroughly investigated,” he said.


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Chinedu Anigbo, chairman of Enugu Urban 1 Amalgamated Neighbourhood Watch, said the explosion occurred around 8.30am when voters were arriving to vote.

Anigbo appealed to voters to remain calm and should not be intimidated by miscreants.

In an earlier report by NAIJ.com, the attention of the Enugu state government was drawn to an alleged invasion of Ette community in Igbo Eze north local government area of the state by indigenes of Olamaboro in Kogi state.

In a statement sent to NAIJ.com, the youths in Ette community urged the state governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi to urgently investigate the remote and immediate cause of incessant invasions, arrests and killings of Ette people by suspected Olamaboro people in Kogi state.

It was gathered that the community has been engulfed with crisis, ahead of the planned local government election in the area scheduled for Saturday, November 4.

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