The commissioner of police in Plateau state , Nasiru
Oki, has said two churches were on Monday set
ablaze by angry persons protesting bomb explosion
at a mosque Sunday night in Jos.
The commissioner of police made the disclosure
Monday evening at the police headquarters in Jos.
While briefing journalists on the police’s
investigations, he said no arrest had been made so
far.
He noted that no life was lost in the church incidents
but property allegedly worth millions of naira were
destroyed.
Mr. Oki also said that 42 people were killed in the
twin bomb explosions on Sunday.
He said 20 people died in the first explosion at a
restaurant while 22 others died in the second at a
mosque. He said 50 people were hospitalized for
various degree of injuries and are being treated in
hospitals within Jos.
He also presented an undetonated locally-made
device recovered from the first scene. He said
according to police bomb experts, the device was
capable of destroying a complex.
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA,
had said 44 people were killed in the twin bomb
attacks, while the Plateau state government said
only 18 people lost their lives.
Meanwhile, military check points have been restored
in most parts of the state. All the disbanded military
check points in Riyom, Barkinladi, Bauchi roads and
those within Jos metropolis were remounted by
members of the Special Taskforce on Jos crisis.
The police commissioner declined comment on the
reappearance of military check points. He , however,
urged residents to endure the development.
The state governor had appealed to President
Muhamadu Buhari to allow the restoration of
checkpoints.
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