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The IED was suspected to have been brought to the Tsangagyar
Sani Uthman Islamiyya School in Abuja’s Bwari council area by
three men visiting the school's owner, police spokeswoman
Josephine Adeh said in a statement.
“Tragically, two of the men died in the explosion while
tampering with the improvised explosive device on the school
veranda, while the third man and a female trader sustained
severe injuries,” Adeh said.
Remnants of the device confirmed it was an IED explosion and the
school owner was taken into custody for questioning, the police
spokesperson said. Police did not elaborate further.
The police did not say who the three men were other than they
were visiting the school from northwestern Katsina state, one of
the states worst hit by armed violence in northern Nigeria.
Nigeria’s capital Abuja has in recent years faced growing
security threats and attacks that local authorities often
attribute to armed groups from surrounding states, most of which
are hard hit with violence.
Northern Nigeria, where Abuja is located, has suffered similar
explosions in recent years, including in June last year when
suicide bombers targeted a wedding, a funeral of the victims and
a hospital treating the injured.
The coordinated attacks happened in Borno state, which has been
battling a decade-long war against extremists who launched an
insurgency that has spilled over to Nigeria’s northern neighbors
Niger, Chad and Cameroon.
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