KADUNA BOMBER CHAINED IN HOSPITAL AMID TIGHT SECURITY

The man suspected of carrying out yesterday's deadly bomb attacks that targeted the editorial offices of ThisDay and Daily Sun in Kaduna has been chained and is under heavy security surveillance in a hospital.A security source said several eye witnesses had detailed how the attacks took place.He said the bomber came in an ash-colored Honda Academy car that carried eleven gas cyclinders that contained Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs).Five of the IEDs were in the trunk of the car,with six in the front and back seats.

The Kaduna ThisDay bomber,Umaru Mustapha

The source said the bomber forced his way into the SOJ Plaza that houses Thisday,The Moment and Daily Sun but the bombs did not explode.When the occupants of the plaza heard some commotion,they rushed out and saw the bomber.Other onlookers soon joined and began to beat the suspect.In turn,the man began to recite what seemed like prayers and he confessed that he was carrying bomb.Ordered by the mob to evacuate the bombs,the bomber picked up one of the cylinders and threw it hard on the ground,causing a huge explosion that immediately killed three people.As the man tried to flee, a mob chased him,caught him and was about to set him on fire when a team of police and soldiers rescued him.