Midnight Panic: Bomb Explosion Rocks Imo State, Raising Fears

In the Imo State hamlet of Umuneke, Mbieri, in the Mbaitoli Local Government Area, a bomb went off around midnight.

A PUNCH Metro discovered that, although no casualties were reported, the Saturday night explosion at a recently finished family home reduced the property to ruins.

Iyke Njoku, a source, stated, "The sound and the bang were both enormous." After waiting for a bit and failing to hear shouts or see any movement, we decided to check and discovered the house in ruins.

We went to see how safe we were after our neighbors from nearby villages contacted to ask us what was making the noise.

The couple had recently finished the cottage, which they intended to move into by February.

"They can't move in as planned again, which is really painful because all of their efforts have been in vain."

The amusing thing is that after hearing the explosion, residents in nearby villages started to wonder where it originated. Because we were afraid of being attacked, we all slept with one eye open.


DSP Henry Okoye, the state police spokesperson, was not reachable, thus attempts to elicit his response were unsuccessful.