The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, has said the explosives at an Islamiyyah school in the Kuchibiyi community, of Bwari Area Council of the FCT, which resulted in the deaths of two persons, were suspected to have been brought to the school by three suspects from Kastina State.
According to the Police Command yesterday, the explosion occurred at approximately 11am, at the Tsangagyar Sani Uthman Islamiyya school, located in Kuchibuyi village, Byazhin area of the FCT.
A statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, said the Command received a distress call from the Sarki of Kuchibuyi and a team of police operatives, including the Command’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) team and the Area Commander of Kubwa, swiftly mobilized to the scene.
She said during the rescue operation, victims were promptly evacuated and rushed to the hospital for medical attention.
“Preliminary investigations revealed that three men from Katsina had visited the owner of the Islamic school, Adamu Ashimu. The three visitors are suspected of having brought the explosive device with them. Tragically, two of the men died in the explosion while tampering with the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on the school veranda, while the third man and a female trader sustained severe injuries and are currently receiving treatment under police guard”, SP Adeh stated.
“The FCT Bomb Squad has confirmed that it was an IED explosion, as remnants of the device have been recovered”, she further said.
Adeh added that the owner of the school, Adamu Ashimu, has been taken into custody for questioning, adding that further findings will be communicated in due course.
She quoted the Commissioner of Police, FCT, CP Olatunji Disu, as urging members of the public to remain vigilant and report any suspicious activity, behavior, or items that may resemble IEDs to the Police, via the emergency numbers: 0806 158 1938, 0803 200 3913, 0802 894 0883, 0705 733 7653, CRU: 0810 731 4192 and PCB: 0902 222 2352.
According to security source, “The dead student, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, bore the substance suspected to be IED, while it exploded and injured the other students, thereby causing pandemonium in the centre. The students involved were recently admitted into the school; they resumed on 3rd January 2025”.
