Casualties in Kogi as Bomb Blast Rocks Palace Of Popular Monarch Ahead Of Buhari’s Visit

There is apparent anxiety in Ebiraland in Kogi State as the palace of the paramount traditional ruler and Ohinoyi of Ebiraland, Dr Ado Ibrahim was swirled by a bomb blast on Thursday morning.

An observer told Odogwublog that a car with explosives was steeredd into the palace, exploding some minutes after and ripping through the palace.

Sources disclosed that three people were murdered by the blast, with some others wounded.

According to an eyewitness, “a car with explosives was driven into the palace this morning and shortly after, the car exploded.”

The source said the identity of the driver could not yet be ascertained.

At the time of filing this report, Odogwublog could not independently verify the conditions surrounding the bomb blast, sources claimed that it might be connected with the refusal of the monarch to accept the new palace reportedly built for him by Governor Yahaya Bello.

According to one of the sources, “President Muhammadu Buhari is visiting Kogi State today and there is a part of the story that Governor Yahaya Bello built a palace for the king but the king refused to move into the palace because he claims that his palace is better than the one built by the governor.

“The king was supposed to have moved to the place before today that Buhari would visit the state but he did not move in. So people are speculating that the explosion could have deliberately been triggered in his palace to force him to move to the new palace built by Governor Yahaya Bello.”