Following a
failed suicide attack in Okene, in the central axis of Kogi State,
yesterday, the state police command claimed to have uncovered another bomb
factory in Okaito, a village in Okehi Local Government Area of the state.
Speaking at a
media briefing in Lokoja, the state commissioner of police, Mr. Muhammadu
Katsina, disclosed that his men were able to locate the bomb factory, through
the man who was arrested in connection with the Sunday car explosion in Okene.
Katsina further
warned property owners, particularly landlords to be wary of dubious
characters, and stressed the need for them to properly examine people before
renting their houses to them.
He further
enjoined law abiding citizens to go about their normal business, even as he
warned that anyone found fomenting trouble would be severely dealt with, no
matter his or her status
Items recovered
from at the factory include, 46 Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), 15
capacitors, 15 fuses, 3 bottles of potassium chloride, 5 litres of acid and one
electrical detonator.
A roll of
firing cables, 250m detonating cord, 3 remote controlled siren GSM sets,
nails of various sizes, ammunitions, motorcycle, Bibles, Quran as well as other
household items were among the materials recovered.
So far, four
different bomb making factories have been discovered in the western and central
flanks of the state, since December, 2011.
SOURCE: THE LEADERSHIP
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