PLATEAU STATE GOVERNOR, MUTFWANG DEBUNKS JOS MARKET EXPLOSION

BY CHRISTIAN NWOKOCHA

The Plateau State governor Caleb Mutfwang has on Tuesday debunked reports of an explosion in Jos market.

Earlier, report circulated in the social media of an explosion that rocked Jos market.

The said report alleged that the explosion, resulted from an Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted at the old Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) site, near Terminus Market in Jos North Local Government Area.

But a statement issued by Gyang Bere, Director of Press and Public Affairs to the Governor, said the alarm was false and triggered by a group of individuals who misinterpreted a heap of polythene bags as a potential threat.

He explained that security agencies, including the anti-bomb squad from the Plateau State Police Command, responded swiftly, conducting a thorough cordon and search operation at the scene.