by Panshak Ibrahim

An explosion has rocked a car-park outside the venue of the campaign rally of President Goodluck Jonathan, in Gombe, on Monday, February 2.

According to eyewitnesses, the blast occurred on Kashere Street near the stadium where the rally took place.

It is believed that two suicide bombers died in the explosion, which injured not less than 18 people.

Mohammed Bolari, who was present at the rally in Gombe, revealed that the explosion occurred at about 3:10 pm, around three minutes after the president left the venue.

Meanwhile, a local reporter was quoted to have said: “The president had just passed the parking lot and we were trailing behind his convoy when the explosion happened just 100 metres (yards) from the bus we were driving in.”