Three lives have been reportedly lost to an explosion that rocked Okene, the hometown of Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello.
The incident happened on Thursday morning at the Oyinoyi’s Palace in Okene Local Government Area of Kogi state.
Police and other security operatives of the Anti-Bomb Unit were at the scene of the incident.
The explosion occurred few hours to the arrival of President Muhammadu Buhari for the commissioning of some projects in the North-Central State.
Controversy has however trailed the explosion. While some persons attributed it to a bomb blast, others said it was a transformer blast.
However, three persons have been reportedly killed in the explosion that happened just a few meters from the Ohinoyi’s palace at Kuroko Street in Okene.
The Governor had been in Okene since Wednesday to await the arrival of the President on his first visit to the State since he took over on 27 January, 2016.
President Buhari was expected to first touch down in the same Okene where he was scheduled to hold a town hall meeting, and commission some projects in the Senatorial district before he moved to Lokoja, the State capital to continue the commissioning of other laudable projects.
