We Were Paid N2,500 To Bomb Yola Barracks – Arrested Kids

There was a bomb attack on Thursday
in Yola, the capital of Adamawa State,
the Adamawa Sector Commander of the
Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Luka
Ikpi, told journalists.
The magnitude of the explosion
which extended to the state
headquarters of the FRSC, according
to him, made the sector to draft its
intelligence officers to the scene of
the incident which was opposite the
command.
He said, “When I heard the loud
bang, I had to run out of my office
to inquire what really happened.”
It was gathered from a resident of
the state, Abraham Tunoh, that the
bomb, which occurred on Thursday
at the Kofare area of Yola, close to a
mechanic workshop along Numan
Road, was in possession of four
children. The children told the
police that an unknown man gave
them N2, 500 to carry out the attack.
It was gathered that the Boko Haram
insurgent instructed them to drop
the explosive at a specific place in
Bachure suburb, near the Army
Barracks mainly inhabited by retired
military personnel.
A police officer, who spoke on
condition of anonymity, said two of
the kid messengers who were
arrested by the police told
interrogators that “an unknown
person gave us N2,500 to drop the
explosive at the barracks.”
The boys were aged between nine
and 15 years. The two arrested boys
said the bag containing the
explosive was too heavy for them to
carry, so they had to sell it to a
dustbin scavenger, whom they ran
into at the nearby mechanic
workshop.
The dustbin scavenger, said to have
been arrested, has been helping the
police in their investigation.
He told the police that while they
were negotiating with the four
bearers of the container, he started
noticing smoke coming from it and
before he could inquire about its
content, it exploded, shattering his
legs and injuring two of the
children.
While two of them fled, the other
injured two were arrested by the
police.
The police source also revealed that
in the ensuing confusion that
followed the loud bang from the
blast, two of the bearers sneaked
away from the scene of the blast.
It will be recalled just a month ago,
there was a bomb attack at a night
market in Yola that led to the death
of many persons.