Nigeria elections: Blast hits PDP Rally In Gombe, Minutes After The President Left.

Earlier today, there were  reports of of a terrorist attack on a road very close to the Pantami Stadium in Gombe, state, barely 20 minutes after President Goodluck Jonathan was said to have concluded his campaign in the State.

A female suicide bomber was responsible for the attack, at least one person was killed and 18 others were wounded in the blast, police and hospital sources said

In the blast in Gombe, the bomber blew herself up near a car, Gombe state police spokesman Fwaje Atajiri told the BBC.

He said a female passerby had been killed, contradicting earlier reports that three people had been killed in the blast.

Mohammed Bolari, who was at the rally in Gombe, said the explosion occurred some three minutes after Mr Jonathan's departure, AFP news agency reports.

"The president had just passed the parking lot and we were trailing behind his convoy when the explosion happened," he was quoted as saying.

A local journalist told AFP the latest blast had led to unrest in Gombe, with angry youths attacking supporters of Mr Jonathan's People's Democratic Party (PDP).

"They were shouting and denouncing the president's visit which they blamed for the attack," he added.

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