It was supposed to be a joyous mood for fun-seekers on Easter Monday, however, an explosion which rocked a Mr. Biggs outlet in the Karu area of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria (FCT), Abuja, put paid to any festive designs residents and party-goers might have had.
The explosion occurred at about 4.38pm, and sent people; hawkers, passersby, traders. . . EVERYONE. . . scampering for safety, as the name, BOKO HARAM, seemed to suddenly loom large in their minds, as many of them had already started seeing their graves.
If you took an X-Ray and placed it right on the scene of the blast, you'd probably see images of people's ghosts leaving their bodies well before they even had a chance to decide which leg to move first!
It was that bad.
The entire vicinity of the eatery was enveloped in thick black smoke. Motorists and pedestrians coming in from the Karu junction end linking Abuja and Mararaba in Nasarawa State, had to make an abrupt stop on getting to the scene, with some motorists making a swift U-turn.
At the time of the explosion, motorists were seen abandoning their cars and running for dear life.
On a period that Christ died for us and rose to heaven that we may make heaven, you find that everyone who wants to indeed make heaven does NOT want to die.
. . . Yet Christ did it.
Guess we're not as Christ-like as we may like to think.
Anyway, it's heartwarming to note that policemen attached to the Karu Police Station rushed to the scene. . . not two days later. . . but quickly, curdoning off the eatery from public access.
Bomb experts from the Anti-Bomb Squad, FCT Command in a vehicle marked NPF 302-C, were on hand to assess the scene.
All the windows on all three floors of the eatery were blown off, while a shopping mall, Mazfallah Plaza, adjacent the eatery was also affected by the blast.
People's blood pressures also hit the roof, and more than a few buckets of tears were shed, but other than that, no lives were lost.
The FCT Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP), Mrs. Althine Daniel, said the incident was a mere explosion from a gas cylinder and not a bomb, adding that nobody sustained injury during the explosion.
But sources within the eatery claim that the explosion was caused by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
. . . They would know better, I guess.
Is this an attempt by the Boko Haram to throw a spanner in the works of our collective celebration this festive season. . .?
. . . Or did someone just happen to forget a stick of dynamite cooking on the stove instead of a sausage?
I dunno. . .
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