Many years
after the Nigeria civil war ended, the Enugu State Police Command said it had
successfully evacuated a suspected leftover bomb in Oji River community.
It would be
recalled that Oji River axis of the state was a battlefield during the Nigeria
– Biafra civil war that ended in January 1970.
The
command’s spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement on Thursday that the
successful operation was carried out on July 21. “The Explosive Ordinance Unit
of the Enugu State Police Command has successfully evacuated an object
suspected to be unexploded ordnance (bomb), which was used during the civil
war.
“The object
was found at a farmland called Amaetiti in Oji River community within Oji River
Local Government Area,’’ said Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police.
According to
him, an expert analysis indicates that the civil war bomb leftover has not been
detonated and is of a high calibre.
The civil
war was fought between Nigerian troops and the defunct secessionist republic of
Biafra between 1967 and 1970. Enugu was the capital of the defunct Republic of
Biafra. Over a million civilians were killed in the conflict. Most of them died
from starvation.
There has
been renewed agitation for the creation of Biafra in the South East of the
country from secessionist groups like the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra (MASSOB).
Amaraizu
advised members of the public not to tamper with similar objects seen or
discovered during farming, building or road constructions. He directed that
such finding should be reported promptly to the nearest police station or call
the command’s control room number on 08032003702, 08075390883, 08086671202 and
08098880172 for prompt and necessary action.
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