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Bomb blast averted at Kaduna market

Posted by ndy on June 10, 2011 at 3:02pm
ANOTHER bloodbath was averted as Police oficers successfully defused a suspected bomb at a market in Gonin-gora area, Chikun Local Government Council of Kaduna State yesterday.Meanwhile, there was a bomb scare at the Murtala Muhammed Airport, but the authorities calmed frayed nerves with the disclosure that there was no cause for concern.The men of the Anti-Bomb Disposal Unit from the state Police command acted swiftly, defusing the suspected explosive and saving the lives of hundreds of residents.An eye witness told our correspondent that traders discovered the suspicious item at 11:00 am and promptly alerted the police who stormed the scene along with operatives of the state securtiy outfit, Operation Yaki .The eyewitness said: “If not for the quick intervention of the Police, everyone around the market and the residents would have perished. Many people started running away from the area to a safer place.”The state Police Public Relations officer, Aminu Lawan, a Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) confirmed the incident and urged the public to always act quickly by alerting the police in state of any strange object.Said Lawan: “The explosive object was discovered by the people and they quickly alerted us. We were able to move to the scene and dispose of the object immediately.”The Bomb Disposal unit of Nigeria Police Force yesterday destroyed some dangerous chemicals believed to have been illegally imported through the cargo terminal of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. There was near pandemonium when rumour filtered into the air that a bomb had been discovered in a shed in the cargo terminal.The arrival of anti bomb squad of Nigeria Police Force attached to the airport at the terminal also heightened the fear.Normalcy however returned when it was discovered that the men of Bomb Disposal Squad were only there to destroy some unauthorised chemicals.However there was no information from the Airport Command of Nigeria Police Force concerning the operation which created apprehension in the airport.The spokesman of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Sam Adurogboye, in a text message confirmed to our correspondent that a detachment of Bomb Disposal unit of Nigeria Police Force was at the Cargo terminal to co-ordinate the disposal.
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