Residents were thrown into confusion on Sunday evening as bomb exploded in Kabba, Kogi State.
The incident was said to have occurred opposite Mannajot Petrol Station with a yet-to-be-ascertained number of people feared injured.
Details of the blast are still sketchy as at the time of filling this report.
According to SahareReporters, a security source linked the bomb explosion to the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā’at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da’wah wa’l-Jihād.
WITHIN NIGERIA recalls that ISWAP had in April claimed responsibility for an attack on a police station in Adavi Local Government Area of the state.
During the attack, three policemen were killed while the station and two vehicles were burnt.
The latest development comes a few days after about three persons were confirmed dead and many others injured in an explosion that occurred in Kabba.