Hmmm...there was panic at the Enugu metropolis on Saturday following the discovery of an unexploded device, suspected to be a bomb at a building site. Fidelis Chidi blog gathered that the object, which was discovered around the Enugu State House of Assembly, caused tension among residents.Workers at the building site were said to have fled the place after alerting the police.However, the Enugu State
Police Command in a statement by its spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, said there was no cause for alarm over incident, noting that it was an unexploded device abandoned during the civil war.He said in the statement that “the Nigeria Police Force, through its operatives of the Explosive Ordinance Department, also known as Anti Bomb Unit has recovered successfully from a building site an unexploded ordinance, otherwise known as ‘UXO’, being part of the civil war left overs, buried on the ground in the war affected areas.“The object was recovered from the building site located around N.T.A Hostel axis of Ogui in Enugu on 13/2/16 in the afternoon following its discovery by the builders as they were working at the site.“It was further gathered that the builders on sighting the suspected object, promptly alerted the state police command operatives, who also arrived promptly at the scene for the evacuation of the unexploded ordinance.”Amaraizu added that “the area has been rendered safe by the Explosive Ordinance Department operatives as the builders are busy doing their construction at the site.”He recalled that the state police command, through its Public Relations Department had been sensitizing members of the public “on the need not to tamper with UXO when found either duringfarming, road and building constructions, amongst others, but to promptly alert the state command operatives or the nearest police station, so that operatives can come and evacuate the object and render the area very safe with their equipments.”News,Politics,Entertainment,Medical Topics,Sports,Gossips,Fashion,Music, Inspirations and Educational Competitions. WATCH OUT FOR COMPETITIONS
Saturday, February 13, 2016
Oboy.... Residents panic as police evacuate bomb in Enugu
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