Three persons were confirmed dead in a bomb explosion that happened in Eziorsu community in Oguta local government area of Imo state.
Orlando Ikeokwu, the Imo state Police Public Relation Officer, confirmed the incident to Okay.ng on Thursday evening.
He gave the names of the victims as Elvis Ukado; Kasiemobi Uzoma and Justice Adie.
Ikeokwu, speaking on the incident, said, “It was as an unexploded ordinance in a scrap dump, adding that “One of the victim while beating the scrap iron in order to compress it, the bomb exploded killing three of them at the scene as at the time of the incident.”
“The Commissioner of Police wish to use this medium to warn all member of the public to promptly report any metal device suspected to be unexploded ordnance or explosive, UXO, for possible examination, evacuation and possible destruction,” he added.