The Edo State Police Command said it is investigating explosion that rocked the residence of a factional State Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mr. Lawrence Okah.
It said its personnel from the anti-bomb squad detonated an improvised explosive laced inside a water can.
Edo Police spokesman, DSP Chidi Nwabuzor, who spoke in a telephone chat said investigation has commenced into the incident.
Nwabuzor said the duty of the police was to investigate such incident to know what happened, how and why it happened.
He said the police business is to protect lives and property.