The election had been postponed a fortnight ago because of disagreement over the delegates’ list for the election.
Though no casualty was recorded, the explosion caused pandemonium as it brought business and commercial activities to a halt for a long while along the well populated Azikwo Road.

The National president of NULGE, comrade Kinsley Ogba had warned union members when the election was postponed that external interference in the union activities would spell doom for the union in the state.
The union has been divided into two groups supporting comrade Kinsley Singbile and Nathaniel Kaka, with union members accusing the state government of backing one of the candidates.

Police bomb experts were immediately drafted to the scene to ascertain the circumstance surrounding the explosion and unravel those behind it.
Police sources who confirmed the incident said the command was deeply worried about the ugly incident and will ensure that those behind it were brought to book.

The Action Congress (AC) had earlier expressed its disappointment with the state government for its role in the postponed election.
It accused the state government of desperation to hijack the union as well as other unions in the state to drum support for its policies.
Some of the workers who spoke on condition of anonymity told The Verite that no amount of intimidation would make them shift their grounds on their preferred candidate for the election.
 

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