Police in Lagos foil bomb attack hours to nationwide protest
An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was discovered at the fence of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service on Bank Anthony way, Ikeja, Lagos.
The object was discovered on Wednesday, less than 24 hours to the planned nationwide protest against hunger and bad governance in the country.
Organisers of the protest said the demonstration will start from August 1 and end on August 10, 2024.
Sources said that the IED was allegedly dropped by a yet to be identified person who drove to the area in a car and zoomed off immediately afterwards.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, confirmed the incident.
Fayoade, who spoke through the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the officer who sighted the suspect is attached to the Police Explosives Ordinance Depot (EOD) base in Ikeja.
It was also gathered that the suspect was first sighted by a police officer attached to the Explosive Ordinance Depot (EOD) Base in Ikeja.
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It was gathered that the officer saw a man in an unregistered Toyota Corolla car parked close to the entrance of the PMF 23 barracks along Mobolaji Bank Anthony way, Ikeja.
The Lagos State Police boss said the suspect parked the unregistered Toyota Corolla car on the main road, close to the gate of PMF 23 barracks
“The officer sighted a young man alighted from the car and carefully dropped a bag by the side of FOU Zone A fence. The young man returned to his car and zoomed off.
“Based on a report from the team of EOD-CBRN experts, the base quickly mobilised to the scene to identify the object.
“On arrival, it was confirmed that the item was an IED. Subsequently, the area was cordoned off and the IED rendered safe and thereafter detonated accordingly.
“Meanwhile the residual of the IED was collected for further analysis and investigation,” he added.
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