Confusion in Ogbaru , Anambra state over Bomb explosion , 20 injured

No fewer than 20 persons were said to have been injured at Kara Market in Ogbaru, Onitsha suburb, Anambra State in the wee hours of yesterday during a suspected bomb blast. But www.odogwublog.com authoritatively saw 8 injured persons.
According to reliable market sources the blast occurred when a man left an eatery in the market five minutes after.
Said the source, "a man came to the eatery in the market with two jerry cans and dropped one at the entrance to the eatery and the other by his side as he was eating”.
He said, “within two minutes he pretended to be pressed and went out to ease himself and within five minutes that he left, one of the jerry cans exploded injuring about 20 persons".
"The other one did not explode and with the help of some traders it was detonated and removed to a safer place where the police came and picked it away", he added further.
Reacting to the incident, the Sarki of Onitsha, Alhaji Iliyasa Yashau described the blast as unfortunate and commended the security operatives for their prompt intervention.
The deputy Commissioner of police in the state, Mr. JB Kokuma, who was handy after the incident declined to comment on the blast saying it is too early.
Also the Vice Chairman of Nigerian Red Cross Society in the state, Prof. Dr Peter Katchy said only eight persons were injured in the blast.
“We have gone to the hospitals where they are placed under intensive care that include, Good News, Chioma and Multicare hospitals”.
He stressed the need for security to be beefed up in the market adding that it would help to know the strangers.
"It was a local bomb devise dropped in a crowded local market, the victims in the hospitals are being managed well, they are being taken good care of.
Anambra State has best security system in Nigeria, expanded security. There has not been anything like this before and most of the people who trade and live there should have security to screen strangers” he stated.
Contributing, the Chairman of Ogbaru Local Government Area, Chief Victor Agolue urged the public to be security conscious and report suspicious movement to the security operatives pledging that the State Government would offset the hospital bills of the victims.
Contacted on the incident, the State Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Mr. Okechukwu Ali said, “nobody died and the explosion was as a result of fuel in a jerry can kept in the market”.
He advised the public to stop keeping inflammable materials like petroleum products in a crowded or residential places”, he stated.
Meanwhile Governor Willie Obiano and Commissioner of Police Mr. Karma Horsea were said to have visited the scene of the incident and the victims in their various Hospitals.