Adamawa State Police Command Friday said the blast which occurred in Yola on Thursday was caused by a grenade belonging to the military.
The state Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Audu, while briefing journalists in Yola, said: “On getting to point of explosion, we discovered that it was a military hand grenade that exploded. The military grenade was picked from dustbin by some young boys who I believed were playing with it.
“In the process, one of them pulled the trigger and it started smoking. They threw it away but the blast injured one of the boys slightly on his left foot. The two boys are right now with us. The blast is not Boko Haram attack as being speculated,” Audu said.
He urged parents to caution their wards against going about picking strange objects.
“I also want to appeal to the public, particularly operators of business premises, to always inspect their premises first thing in the morning. They should not hesitate in reporting any strange object sighted to the police,” Audu said.
The deputy commissioner also confirmed the arrest of four suspected kidnappers believed to be behind recent kidnappings in the state.
“Four of them were arrested and an AK 47 recovered,” Audu said.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal Sokoto Judicial Division yesterday discharged and acquitted 112 members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria led by Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky of any offence, in a case between Malam Kasimu Umar and 111 others and Commissioner of Police, Sokoto State.
It would be recalled that sometimes in July 2007 hired thugs by Sok oto state government and its apparatus under former Governor Aliyu Wammako attacked and killed six members, while their homes and property worth millions of naira were destroyed.
As a result, Umar was arrested alongside 111 others and charged with murder and sentenced to 10 years prison terms each, across different prisons the country.
After intense court battle, on September 28, 2010, the court hearing the case released the accused persons for lack of substantive evidence linking them to the murder charge, but other charges remained.
The accused persons were subsequently released because they have overstayed their prison terms.
Counsel to the accused persons later filed an appeal at the Sokoto Appeal Court which completely reviewed the case and finally discharged and acquitted the accused persons on July 2.
The court verdict signed by Justice Paul A. Galinje, Justice Tunde O. Awotoye and Justice Muhammed L. Shuaibu, decried the hasty decision of the lower court in 2007 and the refusal to allow appeal by the accused persons, which denied them fair hearing.
The three judges unanimously resolved that, “This appeal shall be and is hereby allowed. The lower court decision is hereby set aside and quashed”.
Commenting on the court verdict on behalf other the other accused persons, Malam Kasimu Umar expressed satisfaction, which he said was the triumph of truth over falsehood.
The state Deputy Commissioner of Police, Mr Usman Audu, while briefing journalists in Yola, said: “On getting to point of explosion, we discovered that it was a military hand grenade that exploded. The military grenade was picked from dustbin by some young boys who I believed were playing with it.
“In the process, one of them pulled the trigger and it started smoking. They threw it away but the blast injured one of the boys slightly on his left foot. The two boys are right now with us. The blast is not Boko Haram attack as being speculated,” Audu said.
He urged parents to caution their wards against going about picking strange objects.
“I also want to appeal to the public, particularly operators of business premises, to always inspect their premises first thing in the morning. They should not hesitate in reporting any strange object sighted to the police,” Audu said.
The deputy commissioner also confirmed the arrest of four suspected kidnappers believed to be behind recent kidnappings in the state.
“Four of them were arrested and an AK 47 recovered,” Audu said.
Meanwhile, the Court of Appeal Sokoto Judicial Division yesterday discharged and acquitted 112 members of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria led by Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky of any offence, in a case between Malam Kasimu Umar and 111 others and Commissioner of Police, Sokoto State.
It would be recalled that sometimes in July 2007 hired thugs by Sok oto state government and its apparatus under former Governor Aliyu Wammako attacked and killed six members, while their homes and property worth millions of naira were destroyed.
As a result, Umar was arrested alongside 111 others and charged with murder and sentenced to 10 years prison terms each, across different prisons the country.
After intense court battle, on September 28, 2010, the court hearing the case released the accused persons for lack of substantive evidence linking them to the murder charge, but other charges remained.
The accused persons were subsequently released because they have overstayed their prison terms.
Counsel to the accused persons later filed an appeal at the Sokoto Appeal Court which completely reviewed the case and finally discharged and acquitted the accused persons on July 2.
The court verdict signed by Justice Paul A. Galinje, Justice Tunde O. Awotoye and Justice Muhammed L. Shuaibu, decried the hasty decision of the lower court in 2007 and the refusal to allow appeal by the accused persons, which denied them fair hearing.
The three judges unanimously resolved that, “This appeal shall be and is hereby allowed. The lower court decision is hereby set aside and quashed”.
Commenting on the court verdict on behalf other the other accused persons, Malam Kasimu Umar expressed satisfaction, which he said was the triumph of truth over falsehood.
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