Chukwu Chibuike, the 16-year-old student of Glory Land High School, Ebonyi State, whose hand was blown off last week, denied bringing the explosive device..

On his hospital bed, the student alleged that the suspected explosive which exploded on the school premises was brought into the school by his classmate, Mogbo Afan, son of a mobile police officer.

The incident caused panic in the school.

Chibuike was rushed to the Alex Ekwueme Federal University Teaching Hospital Abakaliki(AE-FUTHA) where his hand was amputated.

Speaking from his hospital bed, Chibuike maintained that he didn’t bring the object to the school contrary to reports.

He said Mogbo Afan, his classmate, who brought the object to the school ran away immediately it exploded.

“This incident happened around 9:am. One of my classmates, Mogbo brought an object that looked like electric bulb which had black cover. He removed the cover and I was inside the classroom while he was on the steps very close to our classroom. When he removed the cover of the object, the object fell from his hand and dropped on the floor.

“I rushed to pick it up and throw it away thinking that it was an ordinary knockout so that it doesn’t scare us in the class. Immediately it exploded in my hand and chopped it off like this. I also sustained leg injuries. (The Nation)