Abuja police deny bomb blast in Karu.

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command on Tuesday refuted reports that there was a bomb blast in Karu area of Abuja.

Speaking during a press conference, the Commissioner of Police in Abuja, Femi Ogunbayode, agreed that there was an explosion in the area, but asserted, in largely unclear terms that it was not a bomb blast.

In what seemed a lacking attempt to douse the fears of Abuja residents, Mr. Ogunbayode said the explosion was from something he termed “commercial explosives,” leaving no explanation to the term.

Mr. Ogunbayode, while assuring residents of FCT of the safety of their lives and property, told newsmen that the police have commenced investigations on the storage of explosives at the site of the incident.

On Easter Monday, reports of an explosion at an empty land behind Mr. Biggs in Karu had put Abuja residents in fear.

The explosion which occurred at about 4 p.m. shattered glasses of nearby buildings.