Bomb Blast Rocks Buhari’s Home State, Six Feared Dead

A bomb explosion has been reported in President Muhammadu Buhari’s Home state, killing at least six persons.

“Five other persons are unconscious at the General Hospital Malumfashi”, one source said Saturday afternoon.

Multiple reports say the explosion occurred in Malumfashi town in Katsina.

“The incident happened at about 9:00 am while “one of the victims was in the farm gathering grasses to feed his animals”, a resident of the area said.

Katsina State Police Command’s spokesperson, SP Gambo Isah confirmed the incident to newsmen Saturday evening.

Malumfashi is the country home to Justice Saddik Abdullahi Mahuta, the longest serving Chief Judge of Katsina state, from 1991 to 2013 and the 11th Galadiman Katsina, District Head of Malumfashi.

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Safiya Umar Badamasi, the first female Hausa Muslim from Katsina state and the Northeast Nigeria to be conferred with the title of Senior Advocate of Nigeria, also hailed from there.

Professor Sunusi Mamman, Vice Chancellor of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University and Sa’in Galadiman Katsina, hails from Malumfashi local government.