NEMA confirms Lagos explosion, says it was caused by ‘knockouts’

 

The National Emegency Management Agency (NEMA), has confirmed this morning’s powerful explosion that rocked two buildings on Lagos Island, a densely populated part of Nigeria’s commercial hub, Lagos State.

AP’s correspondent, Jon Gambrell, broke the story earlier this morning.

Mr. Yushau Shuaib, NEMA Head of Media and Publicity, in a statement to DailyPost, said the agency “has mobilized response agencies and volunteers to an explosion in a building suspected to be loaded with ‘knockouts’ in Jankara area of Lagos”

He added that “Search and Rescue officers of NEMA, are having a hectic time to reach the place due to traffic and crowds.”

A look at the pictures of the shattered building makes it astonishing, the kind of ‘knockouts’ that are so powerful, to cause such destruction.

NEMA concluded by saying it was on top of the situation.