PICTURES: The Shopping Mall Fire That Led To A Bomb Hoax In Abuja

                                                                                                                                  
                                                                                         

An early morning gas explosion caused a gutting of a shopping mall at Lokogoman Village in Apo Area of the Federal Capital Territory in Abuja today.

The explosion which was traced to a gas leakage caused some people to disseminate information that there was a bomb blast in the area. The bomb hoax triggered panic in Abuja earlier in the day.