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Abuja is Nigeria’s safest city – Wike boasts after alleged suicide bomber attack

Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has described Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city as the safest place in the country.

Speaking while inspecting some of the ongoing projects in the FCT, the minister said contrary to reports, the alleged suicide bomber attack never happened at the Mogadishu Cantonment, Asokoro.

According to the minister, Abuja is safe and there is no cause for residents to panic or live in fear within the FCT.

He said the incident at the military cantonment popularly referred to as Abacha Barracks was an explosion from quarry dynamites.

“What happened is that somebody went to a quarry where they blast rocks and took explosives and put in his pockets.

“Of course, some of them do not even understand the implication of that, and so it exploded on his hips. That does not mean that he is a suicide bomber,” Wike said.

He also stated that reports from security agencies did not indicate that it was a suicide attack.

“So we do not need to create a wrong impression that will put fear in people. NEMA is not the head of security. Security agencies are there.

“Residents are aware that there is improvement in security in FCT. That is enough for us. We will continue to do what we are supposed to do.”

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