Police Official Explains How To Behave Around Bomb Scenes

Speaking with newsmen after the dire twin explosion that rocked Jos yesterday, May 20, Plateau Police Commissioner, Chris Olakpe, addressed Nigerians on how they should behave in case they are caught in the accident area.


The police representative urged people to restrain from rushing to the dangerous bomb scenes, adding that people around such sites should quickly lie down for "at least 30 minutes" before scurrying to safety, Premium Times reports.

Olakpe also called on Nigerians to immediately report suspicious people they spot to police.

Plateau State Commissioner of Information, Olivia Dzayem, asked the state residents to avoid panic, adding that "we are all pained by the development".

Reacting to the incident, which had reportedly already claimed 118 lives, the President of the Catholic Bishops Conference of Nigeria, Ignatius Kaigama, urged people to keep praying and claimed the attacks would end soon.

Numerous officials, including President Goodluck Jonathan, former Minister of Aviation Femi Fani-Kayode and Speaker of the House of Reps Hon Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, have condemned the bloody attack.