An official with Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) confirmed that "many people have been killed" but did not have an official death toll. One senior police officer, who requested anonymity, described the explosion, which happened at about 11am (1000 GMT), as a "powerful bomb", which was felt across the city.
"Ukiiinga huku majungu kule majungu hasa mtu hana pesa ya kula lakini anashinda kwenye mitandao ya kijamii kuleta majungu,fanyeni kazi kwa nguvu zenu zote maana mnaendekeza tu majungu ambayo hayana manufaa kwako binafsi hata taifa kwa ujumla"alisema Abdallah