By ISHAQ ZAKI

Yahaya Yari, Chairman, Talata Mafara Local Government in Zamfara, confirmed the death of two persons following a locally made gun powder explosion that occured on Tuesday at a weekly market in Talata Mafara town.

Yari, who confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in a telephone interview on Wednesday, said the ugly incident injured more than 44 persons.

He said the incident occurred in the afternoon while activities of the weekly market were ongoing at a place where locally made guns were displayed for sale.

?When the incident happened, we immediately took emergency response which controlled the situation and took the victims to hospital.

?After receiving minor treatment at Talata Mafara General Hospital, we took all the 44 injured victims to Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto for further treatment.

?Out of the 44 victims, two have died, the remaining 42 are currently responding to treatment,? the chairman explained.

Yari prayed to Allah to prevent recurrence of such incident again.

He appealed to people of the state to continue to pray for sustainable peace and stability in the state and the country in general. (NAN)

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