- An explosion which reportedly hit the Galkogo community in Niger state has left several people dead
- The explosion is said to have affected mainly members of the Joint Security Task Force on patrol in the area
- According to two different narratives, the explosion was carried out during an airstrike by the Nigerian Air Force or a dynamite thrown by bandits
Scores of residents have been reportedly killed in an explosion said to have rocked the Galkogo community, in the Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State, the Punch reports.
Two accounts of the incidents in the community claimed that the explosions were caused by an airstrike by the Nigerian Air Force while another one said dynamites were thrown at the residents by some bandits.
