The office of the Nigerian Police Anti-Bomb Squad was razed along with nearby buildings in the police complex.
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The pupils sustained minor injuries and have been treated and discharged from hospital.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the explosion or an indication of what caused it, but Boko Haram has previously targeted police stations and government buildings.
The device “killed one officer and mildly injured others”, he added, without specifying numbers.
Accident vehicles parked in the premises were all gutted by fire as explosion from burning tyres and petrol tanks created heightened anxiety for residents around the area. “But in this whole attempt to get people into their home area or out of shelters, for us it is key that people are not pushed back to areas where they feel insecure”. “Possibly this wasn’t screened properly”.
“No casualties have been evacuated because there is no access for the moment”, said Maikano Aliyu, an official from the Nigerian Red Cross.
The CP said the bombs were taken from Boko Haram terrorists and kept at the Police bomb amoury of the anti-bomb unit.
“For now we are not suspecting terrorism for the explosion as the security agencies are currently investigating the remote cause of the incident”.
“The four drones, which can carry out surveillance missions in rotation 24 hours a day, allow United States intelligence analysts to gather detailed information about Boko Haram’s movements, bomb-making factories and military camps”, the report explained.
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An IED left at a camp for people displaced by the conflict in Malkohi, just outside Yola, killed seven on September 11.
