Bomber Targeting Lagos Bridge Arrested
The Nigerian police said they have arrested a man plotting, with some
other people at large, to bomb the pivotal Third Mainland Bridge in
Lagos.
Abiodun Amos: the suspected bomber targeting Third Mainland Bridge
Abiodun Amos: the suspected bomber targeting Third Mainland Bridge
The suspected bomber was identified as Abiodun Amos alias SENTI.
In a statement, the police described him as the leader of the Militant Gang planning to bomb the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
He was arrested on 2nd of November, 2016
in a hideout at the bank of Majidun River in Ikorodu area of Lagos
State and two AK 47 rifles recovered from his possession.
”The principal suspect is an Ijaw man
and a Native of Ese Odo LGA of Ondo State. He is an Explosives Expert
who specializes in assembling and modifying large scale Improvised
Explosives Devices (IED) for terrorist act.
”The suspect also volunteered
confessional statement to the Police and named other members of the
militant group that are still at large.
“In the course of further investigation
into the case, one of the suspects at large mentioned to the Police by
the principal suspect as the person in possession of their explosive
devices and the detonators was trailed by the Police (IRT) Operatives on
the 26th December, 2016 while conveying in a Toyota Camry Car, two (2)
Cartons of Galantine Dynamite Explosives and Hundred and twenty five
(125) Detonators in the boot of the Car in a location in Ikorodu area of
Lagos state on his way to link up with the other members of the
militant gang to blow up the 3rd mainland bridge.
‘The Suspect, on sighting the
Intelligence Response Team Operatives jumped out of the Car and escaped
into the nearby bush. The explosive devices and the detonators were
recovered by the Police IRT operatives and the Explosive Ordinance
Department, and the attack that would have been a major devastating and
colossus damage to Lagos state and Nigeria was averted.”
The police in s statement by deputy
commissioner of police, Don Awunah, said further investigation is being
intensified to arrest all the other members of the militant gang still
at large.
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