Sources have disclosed that if not for the vigilance and timely response of security agents, another improvised explosive device (IED) would have exploded at EMAB Plaza shortly after the one that killed 21 persons and send many others to hospitals for treatment on Wednesday. Coordinator of the National Information Centre (NIC) Mr. Mike Omeri said this in Abuja Friday afternoon when he led other members of the Centre in a media briefing on government’s efforts to curb insurgency in the country.
 
He explained "that their prompt action on that afternoon led to the arrest of one of the attackers and the killing of another that was almost using his gadgets to detonate the second and possibly the third deadly device."

Omeri , advised citizens to also install the cameras in their premises to complement that of government.

While refusing to give details, the Director General of the National Orientation Agency gave the assurance that efforts by the military especially in the North East to subdue the book haram terrorists were progressing steadily and that the war was being won by government troops.

"While we do not want to go into details of operations currently taking place, it is advised that the practice in which some persons just bandied figures of casualties on either the side of the military or insurgents should be discouraged and checked. The truth remains that the military is winning the war and the nation shall surely triumph in this fight”, he declared.