The Defence Industries Company of Nigeria (DICON) has confirmed that the explosion that rocked its manufacturing unit in Kaduna on Saturday was attributable to expired supplies saved in its outdated bunkers for weapon manufacturing.
DICON’s Public Relations Officer, Maria Sambo, mentioned in a press release that the blast occurred at about 10:00 am on September 20, 2025, on the company’s Ordnance Manufacturing unit disposal pit, killing one particular person and injuring a number of others.
She defined that the outdated storage bunkers contained expired uncooked supplies, together with a big amount of ammonium nitrates, primer caps, and propellants, which had exceeded their lifespan.
“DICON had since July 2025 initiated efforts to make sure the managed disposal of those expired gadgets and had efficiently destroyed all of the ammonium nitrates and a lot of the different supplies,” Sambo said.
“The unlucky explosion occurred as specialists had been finishing the destruction of the remaining gadgets.”
The injured workers are receiving remedy on the 44 Nigerian Military Reference Hospital in Kaduna, whereas the physique of the deceased has been deposited within the mortuary.
DICON commiserated with the households of the victims and guaranteed the general public that the state of affairs is beneath management, urging residents of the neighbouring neighborhood to not panic as all remaining supplies have been rendered protected.
The administration additionally introduced {that a} Board of Inquiry has been set as much as decide the rapid reason for the explosion.
