Hundreds of worshipers of the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) yersterday escaped death in Tudun Wada area of Jos North Local Government as two IEDs exploded, according to Leadership.
Reports citing eyewitnesses said worshippers of the church scampered for safety following the explosion.
Explosives were found at ECWA Church in Tudun Wada, near the Federal Secretariat in Jos, Jos North local government area of Plateau State on Sunday, police said, adding that the device went
off but there were no casualties.
“It was averted because the bomb was detected by the church’s security personnel. There were no casualties,” said Emmanuel Abuh, spokesman for the state police in Plateau, of which Jos is the capital.
The Nigerian Red Cross said the explosion happened at the Evangelical Church Winning All (ECWA) premises in the Tudun Wada area of the city, near the building’s toilet. The security man picked the bomb and threw it off the church before it exploded instantly. The incident in the north of the city came a week after a suicide bomber blew himself up at a church in the northeastern city of Potiskum, killing the pastor and four other worshippers.
Jos was also targeted last Sunday, when Boko Haram militants fired on a mosque, including with a rocket-propelled grenade, and also hit a restaurant popular with travellers from the restive northeast. The twin attack left 51 dead and 47 injured.
Boko Haram will likely come under suspicion for the latest incident, as it has repeatedly hit both churches and mosques in the past.
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