The Kano State Commissioner of Police, Sama’ila Dikko, has confirmed four persons dead from the early morning explosion that rocked the state.

Dkkio also confirmed the incident to be a gas explosion contrary to fears that could have been a bomb explosion.

He made the clarification during his visitation to the scene of the incident.

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While speaking in hausa, Diko confirmed that four persons were dead.

Daily Report Nigeria had earlier reported that many were feared dead in the explosion that occurred in the early hours of Wednesday, near a private school on Aba Road in Sabon Gari, Kano state.

The CP said that rescue workers were working to remove people trapped at the building where the explosion occurred.