A bomb was detonated in a local restaurant in Kara community in
Ogbaru, a town close to Onitsha in Anambra State on Tuesday night, May
3, 2016 around 8pm.
The Trent’s reporter visited the scene of the bomb blast and confirmed from eye-witnesses that the bomber is a middle-aged man believed to be from Northern Nigeria who pretended to be a traveller who needed a restaurant where he could “eat for N150”.
“The bomber is a man who came to the area, mostly populated by
Northerners, and asked for a restaurant to eat for N150. He was directed
to the eatery where he dropped his bag and asked for food. He ended up
taking a few spoons of the food and leaving the place,” an eyewitness
told our reporter.
“Unknown to the people, he left behind a bomb in his bag which was later
detonated about 5 minutes after the mystery man left, and injured seven
people including a woman identified as Chioma.”
Seven people were injured in the blast which rocked the Kara area. The
victims were taken to a private hospital, Chioma Hospital. According to
our source, three of the victims who were critically injured were
transferred to St. Charles Borromeo Hospital in Onitsha.
“The bomber spoke in Hausa language, he looked haggard, like a
traveller. Nobody suspected he had evil intentions,” another eye-witness
told The Trent. “I can’t believe Boko Haram has come to Anambra. This
is terrible.”
Kara is a commercial area where traders from the North sale their
products like food stuff, chicken, and ram. commercial sex workers also
operate from the area which shares a perimeter fence with SS Peters
Catholic Church, Nkutaku.
By the time our reporter visited the scene of the bomb blast, security
agencies had already visited the scene and cordoned off the crime scene.
Eyewitnesses say that a team of Navy official had just left before our
reporter arrived.
A Navy checkpoint is close the the place where the bomb blast occurred.
“A Naval base is not far from here,” a middle-aged trader who gave his name as Musa disclosed to our reporter.
The deputy commissioner of police in charge of operations (DCP – Ops)
for Anambra State, Mr. A. J. Kokoma visited the crime scene. He was
accompanied by a team of policemen which included the divisional police
officers (DPOs) of police stations close to Kara. Specifically, the DPO
of Okpoko, Fegge, and Onitsha Inland Town were present at the scene of
the bomb blast.
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