{"id":6838,"date":"2013-01-21T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2013\/01\/banks-close-shop-over-bomb-scare-in-kano\/"},"modified":"2013-01-21T15:51:00","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T15:51:00","slug":"banks-close-shop-over-bomb-scare-in-kano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2013\/01\/21\/banks-close-shop-over-bomb-scare-in-kano\/","title":{"rendered":"Banks close shop over bomb scare in Kano"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By AbdulSalam Muhammad, Kano.<\/p>\n

KANO \u2013 Banks in Kano, Monday afternoon, hurriedly closed shop following the recovery and detonation of high caliber Improvised Explosive Devices(IEDs)\u00a0 planted in one of the first generation banks located within the Kano Business District.<\/p>\n

An eyewitness told Vanguard that the bomb strategically concealed\u00a0 under one of the bank\u00a0 officials\u2019 car, was\u00a0 removed by the\u00a0 anti -bomb disposal team and\u00a0 detonated .<\/p>\n

The source explained that the police team who had arrived, cordoned off the affected stretch of Murtala Muhammad way while the exercise lasted<\/p>\n

The development forced banks in the troubled city to hurriedly close shop as customers\u00a0 who besieged the banks were locked out.<\/p>\n

Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer of Kano Command, ASP Magaji Musa Majia said that, \u201cwe received a report that a strange object is lying fallow in the premises of a bank along Murtala Muhammad way. We dispatched our Anti-bomb Disposal team who established it was an Improvised Explosive Devise and was defused immediately\u201d<\/p>\n

The police Image maker stated that normalcy had since returned and enjoined the general public to go about their legitimate duties without fear of molestation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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