Tragedy was averted on Tuesday as a security guard attached to a branch of First Bank Plc in Osogbo, Osun State discovered an explosive substance wrapped in a polythene bag inside the banking hall.
Immediately the discovery was made, bank officials and customers were quickly evacuated from the bank.
Some customers of the bank said that a senior official announced to them that a substance suspected to be a bomb had been discovered where it was planted.
Officials of Police Anti-Bomb Squad were later deployed in the bank.
They were said to have detonated the bomb and cordoned off Station Road, where the bank is located.
It was learnt that as soon the information about the bomb spread, many shop owners in the area hurriedly closed their shops, while some left their wares and ran for safety.
However, a few minutes later, the customers were asked to leave because the bank was not ready to resume operations.
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