Residents close to the scene of the explosion in the city of Kano are dismissing a statement by the police that the explosion may have been caused by an explosion of a gas cylinder.
The police also added that four people have been confirmed killed in the explosion.
A welder, close to the site of the explosion, told PREMIUM TIMES that the explosion occurred from a building close to a nearby school.
He said there was no gas shop in the area that will result in such destruction.
Similarly, a female resident, who refused to state her name, said she does not believe the explosion was caused by a gas explosion.
“How can they say is a gas explosion, it’s not, she said, how can a gas explosion dismember a human and take him to metres far away,” she said.
“It’s a suicide bomber who struggle to enter the school before the explosive got detonated, this is purely a bombing explosion, not gas,” she added.
She said some windows of the school and…
