Working on credible intelligence at the disposal of the
Nigeria Police Force indicating that criminal militant elements are planning
series of attacks on government infrastructures and facilities in Lagos state,
the Inspector General of Police, IGP Ibrahim Idris, directed the
Intelligent Response Team (IRT) to use the Technical platform of the Force to
trail and arrest the militant gang before they carry out the heinous crime.
After a painstaking surveillance and monitoring by the
police (IRT) team, the principal suspect Abiodun Amos alias SENTI who is the
leader of the Militant Gang planning to bomb the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos
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 were 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. Further
investigation is being intensified to arrest all the other members of the
militant gang still at large.
The IGP is hereby assuring all Nigerians of adequate
security and commitment of the Nigeria Police Force to work assiduously to nip
in the bud militancy and other forms of criminalities that can throw the
country into a large scale mayhem and massive loss of lives and properties.
He urges every Nigerian to remain calm, be law abiding and
see themselves as stakeholders with the Force in making the country safer.
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