An explosion occurred this morning in Kofare area of the North local government in Adamawa state.
This attack is coming barely a month after a suicide bomber detonated a bomb that killed 40 people in the state.
According to Daily Independent two persons sustained minor injuries.
The explosion occurred near a mechanic autoshop opposite the State Headquarters of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) along Numan road.
It was gathered that 4 under-aged children were given the explosive to drop at a specific place in Bachure suburb village, which is mainly occupied by retired soldiers.
Two of the under aged children, who are now in police custody confessed that an unknown person gave them the device to drop at the target after a payment of N2,500.
The boys said after collecting the container, it was too heavy for them to deliver at the targeted place because of the inconveniences in carrying it, they decided to sell it to a dustbin scavenger.
They ran into the dustbin scavenger at the nearby mechanic workshop, where the dustbin scavenger approached them refusing to buy the container, saying that he did not buy anything below 1kg in weight.
The dustbin scavenger, now helping the police in their investigation was also hit by the explosion.
He explained that while they were negotiating, he started noticing smoke coming from it and before he could make a step, it went off shattering his legs and those of the two boys.
Two of the boys in the ensuring confusion following the loud bang from the blast sneaked away from the scene of the blast.
The explosion affected the state headquarters of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) as its intelligence officers were quickly drafted to the scene.
Luka Ikpi, the FRSC Sector Commander, said that when he heard the loud bang, he ran out of his office to inquire what happened.
When other security operatives and Anti-Bomb Squad arrived at the scene, many arrests were made, including those within the vicinity of the mechanic workshop.
All the suspects picked from within the area were taken the State CID.
Meanwhile the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced the arrest of the mastermind of the recent terrorist attacks in Jos, Plateau state, and Zaria, Kaduna state.
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