Reports reaching us indicate that a massive bomb blast has gone off in the Rumuokoro part of Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Details of the incident are still sketchy but residents around the area say the explosion was a result of a bomb planted in a commercial vehicle.
Two people are said to have died on the spot and several others injured. But that could not be independently verified at this point.
No one or group has claimed responsibility for the explosion.
The National Emergency Management Agency has issued a one-paragraph statement confirming the explosion, saying the driver of the commercial bus had been confirmed dead.
“NEMA confirms an explosion today in a commercial bus at Rumuokoro roundabout in Port Harcourt,” the statement by the agency’s spokesperson, Yushau Shuaibu, said.
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