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Pandemonium As Bomb Explosion Rocks Ekiti Government House [Photos]
There was pandemonium in Okesha area of Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital as explosion suspected to be bomb rocked buildings on the premises of the old governor’s office.
The old governor’s office located at Oke Ori-Omi area of the Ado Ekiti metropolis is where the Ministry of local government and chieftaincy affairs, is located.
The explosion reportedly occurred on Saturday morning and it caused panic in the area as it shook buildings located several kilometres away from the scene of the incident.
Also, the state Boundary Commission, Directorate of the Information and Communication Center, of the Director of Finance and Administration and the council chambers of the state traditional rulers were badly damaged from the explosion.
The bungalow apartment of the EoD office was turned into rubbles while the adjoining offices that housed the office of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, Correspondents’ chapel, Ekiti chapter was badly affected.
All the offices around the area were affected, with their louvre blades and glasses shattered to pieces while the asbestos and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) ceiling, doors and windscreen of vehicles parked around the offices were forcefully removed and scattered.