There was
pandemonium in Abuja, yesterday, following news of the discovery of an
Improvised Explosive Device (IED), allegedly planted in a cooler under the
bridge near the popular Shoprite store at Jabi.
Residents,
especially motorists, commuters, workers and those who had gone to shop there
scampered for safety.
Daily Sun
gathered from an eyewitness how someone saw the cooler, placed on a spot under
the bridge, was unattended to for a long time, decided to alert security
personnel attached to the store.
Security
personnel, in turn, alerted the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police
Command,
who immediately drafted personnel from the Anti-Bomb Squad to the scene.
On getting
there, police condoned off the area which resulted in traffic gridlock. The
police team created alternative routes for motorists to enable them detonate
the IED as well as and avoid any casualty.
However, the
anti-bomb squad found no IED in the cooler.
News of the
alleged IED spread round the FCT which caused panic among residents.
When
contacted, public relations officer in charge of the FCT Police Command, Anjuri
Mamzah said there was no cause for alarm.
Mamzah told
Daily Sun “immediately the command received the news of the bomb, we
immediately dispatched the bomb section to the said location.
“On getting to
the location, they swept the area and the gadget they discovered was not an IED
or any other kind of explosive as it was speculated.
He said what
the police discovered “was actually a machine used in testing water pressure”
and assured that “there is no cause for alarm as the police in the FCT, in
conjunction with the military and other security agencies, are working round
the clock to ensure the security of the FCT and surrounding states.”
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