An explosion has gone off at one of the busiest locations in Kano, residents and security officials have told newsmen.The blast occurred at a place known as “fillin parking” at the Kano Kantin Kwari market.
Kantin
Kwari textile market is rated the largest market in northern Nigeria,
with thousands of traders from all over Nigeria and neighbouring West
African countries doing business there on daily basis.
Details of
the incident as well as casualty rate are still sketchy at this time
but the military is said to have raced to the scene, condoning off the
area.
The
incident is coming less than two weeks after multiple explosions rocked
the Kano Central Mosque, killing more than 100 people and injuring
hundreds of others.
An explosion had rocked the same market on December 12, 2012, injuring three people.
The state
governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, and other top political office holders are in
Lagos for the national convention of the All Progressives Congress.
Governor Kwankwaso is seeking the presidential ticket of the party at the convention.
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