The Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase,
has advised Nigerians to avoid the temptation of
picking iPad, phones or laptops not kept by them,
as terrorists now use these attractive gadgets in
manufacturing bombs.
The IGP’s warning came on the heels of the arrest
of some suspects at Karamajiji Village, behind
Military Cemetery, Airport road in Abuja, with
dangerous bombing tools.
A statement yesterday by Force spokesperson, a$$
istant Commissioner of Police (ACP) Olabisi
Kolawole, said items found on the suspects
include: “Engineering textbooks, laptops, phone,
face mask, funnel, text tubes, iPad, 2 number
plates, gloves, 27 pieces of detonators, and
aluminum powder”.
Other items are: “Hexomine, hydrogene peroxide,
sulphur powder, sodium azide plus nitrate, iron 11
oxide, soldering wire, sugar, litmus paper, sodium
carbonate, thermometre, chlorate, filter paper,
strings, pota$$ium chlorate, 12 ready-made
Improvised Explosives Devices(IED), and a full bag
of fertilizer”.
“The IGP said the arrest of the suspects was made
possible by the proactive nature of the newly
formed Intelligence Response Team”, Kolawole
added.