A suspected suicide bomber has been killed by an explosive device on Monday in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
One individual was injured as a result of the blast.
A military source, who pleaded anonymity at the scene of the blast, said the man believed to be a suicide bomber was killed by an explosive contained in a rubber can close to the Mogadishu barracks in Abuja.
At the time of this report, the military personnel, DSS, police and officers of the National Emergency Management Agency were taking inventory of the incident at the location
Issues of suicide bomb blasts are not a recent phenomenon in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
In 2011, at least 18 people lost their lives in an apparent suicide car bombing at the United Nations (UN) headquarters in Abuja.
