ABUJA, - Not less than five people have been killed when a powerful explosion rocked the This Day office in the Metropolitan Abuja city of Jabi shattering buildings around including Ascology Jabi office, Tribune and the First Bank offices all directly opposite the attacked building.
Witnesses gathered at the time of the explosion confirmed that a suicide bomber drove into the building before detonating the explosives which sent residents panicking.
"I saw a man who forcefully entered the building immediately the gate was opened for him to enter, that was the last précised thing I could remember" Ahmadu Shettima a shoe cobbler told Ascology News.
Another eye witness claimed that shortly after the incidence, four dead bodies were immediately moved out of the building to an unknown location before emergency officials discovered the body of the said suicide bomber.
Officials however denied that it was carried out by a suicide bomber as the explosives seemingly rocked from a planted location inside the building premises.
Office buildings around the area were forced to shut down earlier than scheduled including nearby commercial banks and filling stations and security operatives were quickly dispatched to secure the popular Jabi Motorist Park.
Emergency officials said it could have been more disastrous with a higher count in casualties had the popular but much less secured Jabi park, which is just few walks away been attacked.
New Agency reports also claim another attack has been recorded in the same This Day office in Kaduna.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack which in recent times have been blamed on Islamist Sect, Boko Haram.
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