1 Killed & Scores Wounded As Explosion Rocks GEJ's Campaign Venue In Gombe

A bomb has exploded outside a stadium in Nigeria's Gombe city, minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan had left a campaign rally there. At least one bystander was killed and seven others wounded when the car bomb exploded, Reuters news agency reports. Mohammed Bolari, who was at the rally, said the explosion occurred some three minutes after Mr Jonathan's departure. "The president had just passed the parking lot and we were trailing behind his convoy when the explosion happened," he is quoted as saying.

President Jonathan addressed a rally in the north-eastern city a day after it was hit by two blasts that killed at least five people, AFP reports. Since Monday morning, the city has largely been in lock down with security operatives restricting the movement of people in most areas.

A local journalist told AFP the latest blast has led to unrest in Gombe, with angry youth attacking supporters of President Jonathan's People's Democratic Party (PDP). "They were shouting and denouncing the president's visit which they blamed for the attack," he added.