…State PPRO Calls for vigilance
The Lagos state police command says it has successfully detonated an improvised explosive device dropped by an unknown man in ikeja today.
The said explosives was said to have been dropped off by a man in a white Toyota car at about 3.55pm on Wednesday.
In a statement from the command today it states that “At about 1600hrs, a police officer reported at EOD-CBRN Base at ikeja, that while he was on his way to ikeja, he sighted an unregistered white Corolla car pArked on the main road close to the gate of PMF 23 Barracks, mobolaji bank Anthony way Ikeja and that a young Man alighted from the car carefully and dropped a bag by the side of the Nigeria customs service federal operations unit fence. He returned to the vehicle and zoomed off.”
The statement added that “A team of EOD-CBRN from the base was quickly mobilized to the scene to identify the object and render the same safe if discovered to be an IED.
On arrival, it was discovered to be IED subsequently the area was cordoned off, SOP adopted IED rendered safe and thereafter taken to a safe distance for detonation accordingly. Meanwhile the residual of the IED collected for further analysis and investigation area is calm.”
The state police PRO , SP Benjamin Hundehin in a brief online address on the update of the incident with pressmen on Wednesday Evening said Investigation is on to unravel the identity of the culprit.
Hundehin urged lagosians to be vigilant as they go about their activities in and around the state.
This incident is coming hours to the planned nationwide protest against perceived bad governance in Nigeria scheduled to take place August 1. Videos of Security operatives in a show of force have circulated social media as authorities continue to call for a peaceful and civil protest by agitators.