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Okene explosion; beyond the drumbeat

By Ismail M. Kabir The real image of the exploded car Following a car explosion that occurred around NMPC fuel station along Obehira road in Okene last sunday the July 15th 2012, new discoveries have ensued. While eye witnesses and residents around the explosion scene continue to dismiss the reports as mere dynamite blast, security operatives in the state insist on a failed terrorist attack on a church within the area. Beside the exxagerated bad press that greeted the incident, Ebira people within and outside Ebira land have been thrown into confussion. People in the community can hardly tell the truth from the lie as contradictory reports and false claims by security men continue flying around. One sure fact remains that those behind the purported explosive attack are not from Ebiraland neither have they been confirmed to be terrorists as available facts indicate that they are labourers from Northern Nigeria who are invloved in blasting rocks with dynamites for cons...