Explosion Rocks Abuja School, Student Dies, four Others Injured

A student at a school located in an Abuja suburb has been killed while four others were injured during an explosion at the school.

A security source said the incident happened around noon on Monday at an Islamiyyah school in the Kuchibiyu Community of Bwari Area Council, about 42 kilometres from the Abuja city centre.

It was also gathered that emergency and security personnel, including the police bomb disposal squad, arrived at the scene of the explosion.

The injured victims were taken to a hospital.

However, as of the time of filing this report, the police have not yet commented on the incident, and details of the explosion remain unclear.

However, a security source who pleaded anonymity said, “The dead student, whose identity is yet to be ascertained, bore the substance suspected to be IED while it exploded and injured the other students, thereby causing pandemonium in the centre”.

Authorities at the school could not be reached at this time.

Our source added that “the students involved were recently admitted into the school and that they resumed on 3rd January 2025.”