Explosion kills suicide bombers after Jonathan’s Gombe rally

A bomb blast has occurred in Gombe, the Gombe State capital barely five minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan left the town where he held the PDP presidential campaign rally, Ibrahim Ahmed, a resident of the town said.

Ahmed, who spoke to our correspondent on the telephone, said the blast occurred on Kashere Street near the Stadium, where the rally took place.

He said two suicide bombers died in the explosion that injured 18 persons.(PUNCH)