Powerful explosion has occurred close to the Guest House of the Emir of Zaria in Tukur-Tukur area of Zaria.

A powerful explosion has occurred at an area close to the Guest House of the Emir of Zaria in Tukur-Tukur area of Zaria.

Eyewitnesses said a powerful explosion occurred in an area already cordoned off by security agents in the city. Our sources inform us that the explosion could be heard as far as in Kwangila and Samaru, where the main campus of A.B.U Zaria is located.

Earlier, gunshots rang out in the area as an unidentified Islamic cleric house and nearby Mosque were raided by troops as a result of intelligence gathered by the Joint Task Force that a group linked with Islamist militant group Boko Haram was planning a major attack on churches early Sunday.

Today’s explosion happened some five minutes drive from a series of churches where some christian worshippers were killed and wounded in major bomb attacks in June.

A church leader told Saharareporters that they were tipped off to the effect that Boko Haram sect members had arrived the city of Zaria with a massive car bomb since Friday.

There are no reports of casualties on the scene of today’s explosion as at the time of publishing this report