Update: Suspected Suicide Bomber Was Police Inspector – Police |The Source

By Charles Igbo

The Ebonyi State Police Command has identified the “suspected suicide bomber” who, accidentally,  blew himself up Tuesday afternoon.

He was a Police Inspector of the Mobile Police Squadron 32.

Debunking the viral story of a suicide bomber, the Police said the Inspector, Mr Idi Aminu, was on.a special assignment to Afikpo North Local Government Area when he accidentally blew himself up.

The Police said there was no bomb. What accidentally detonated and killed the Inspector, was a Hand Grenade.

Nobody knows why the Police did not issue a statement immediately to douse tension, but  the Spokesperson of the Ebonyi Police Command, Loveth Odah, said the officer died of an accidental explosion of his hand grenade.

Her words: “He mistakenly hit the lead of his grenade which was hanging on his waist with his elbow resulting in the deadly explosion.”

The Inspector, she  confirmed, was an operative of MOPOL 32.

His remains has been evacuated to a mortuary,

Odah said.

The incident caused a stir in the State and environs, instilling fear into the people.