Police arrest Boko Haram suspect, foil bomb attack in Lagos Airport (PHOTOS)

There was anxiety at the Murtala Muhammed Airport , Lagos on Monday as security officials arrested a disabled young man suspected to be a bomber.
He was allegedly found with improvised explosive devices as he attempted to gain entrance into a facility near Centrex unit of the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency ( NAMA).
According to sources, the disabled young man was reportedly moving suspiciously along the airport road leading to the international wing of the airport , when private security officials on guard arrested him.
 interrogation, the suspect was found with alleged improvised explosive device.
Worried over the trend , the private security officials handed the suspect over to the Nigeria Police .
Confirming the incident , the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA) has clarified that a suspected suicide bomber was arrested at one of the agency’s facilities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos on Monday.
In statement , the general manager public affairs NAMA, Mr Supo Atobatele said: “The basic truth however, is that the said suspect was on the ground making phone calls along the airport road close to CENTREX, an annex office of NAMA when the agency’s security personnel accosted him of his presence.
” His incoherent explanation exposed him to the security personnel who later found on him with some devices suspected to be explosives.
” He was subsequently handed over to the Airport Police Command for further investigation.
” The managing director, Engr. Ibrahim Abdulsalam in a reaction commended the security personnel for their vigilance and prompt arrest
of the suspect.”
A source said the suspect was subsequently moved to the headquarters of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Command, at Beesam junction along the Airport Road where he is still under interrogation .
A source close to the police said the device found on him are wired cables , which could be converted into explosives.
Officials of the Explosive Ordinance Department of the Nigeria Police are still examining the devices found on the young man , which has been allegedly diffused.
An eyewitness said the alleged explosive device, which has been diffused was hung on the neck of the suspect around the airport which attracted passers by including staff of aviation agencies .
Sequel to the arrest of the suspected bomber, security has been beefed up around both the domestic and international terminals of the Lagos Airport.
Many workers, contractors and others that passed through the main entrance into the headquarters of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria( FAAN), NAMA and other offices were subjected to intensive search .
They were requested to submit their bags for check before gaining entrance into the offices.
Workers of aviation agencies gathered in groups to discuss the implication of the threat to security around the airport.
At the Beesam junction headquarters of the police command, detectives, intelligence personnel and anti bomb specialists were on hand to carry out intense interrogation on the suspect.
The commissioner of police, Airport Command, Waheed Salau declined to comment on the development .
When The Nation visited his office at the third floor of the Lagos International Airport, officers on ground refused to confirm the development.
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Twins Explosions Rocks Rivers High Court!

Reports gathered that another set of explosives were again detonated at a high court in Ahoada East Local Government Area, Rivers State in the early hours of yesterday.

Documents were among items destroyed in the incident.
It was the third time explosives were hurled by unknown persons into the court premises.

The state Police Commissioner, Mr Tunde Ogunsakin, who visited the court with the anti-bomb unit of the Police said no particle of explosives was recovered from the premises. He, however, confirmed an attack on the place.
According to him, there was sign of burnt at the spot when he got there.

“The Commissioner of Police, Tunde Ogunsakin and his team visited the scene with the Police Anti Bomb team which collected samples for analysis at the scene of the attack,” the Police said.

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Bomb Explosion At A Drinking Joints Kills Over Forty...

A Bomb Explosion targeting fans at a football match being screened in a Bar(drinking Joint) near a military base in Mubi, Adamawa State, residents and police said killed no fewer than 40 people yesterday.

According to a report “There has been a bomb explosion at a football  field this evening and so far more than 40 people have been killed,” said a officer.

Adamawa Police Command and the Army Brigade confirmed the bomb blast, but could not confirm the casualty figure.
 The Command‘s spokesman, Mallam Othman Abubakar, said the blast occurred at about 6p.m. last night.
He said the blast occurred at a popular relaxation centre, Kabang.

Jos Explosion: 36 Igbo killed, 42 injured – Eze Igbo Jos

The Igbo community in Jos has been thrown into uncontrollable mourning as it was confirmed that 36 of its kinsmen and women were killed and 42 others injured in the two bomb blast at the terminus area of Jos in Plateau State.
Prof. Joseph Obilom, the Eze Igbo II of Jos and His Igbo Executive Council in Jos made this known in Jos, yesterday.
In a statement released to the Press He states that ”We were not consulted when the arrangement for the mass burial was being made. As at now, the Igbo killed are 36, those injured were 42. Many more are still missing and goods worth millions of Naira lost. Igbo always bury their dead in their ancestral homes and we are saddened by this development.

“We have lost our people and means of livelihood. We request the federal and Plateau State governments to come to our aid by sending relief materials to cater for the victims.
”We do not allow our people to sleep in primary schools and other government buildings when there are problems. We take custody of our people till the wounds are healed but whenever others are taken care of in terms of relief materials, we are not always considered and never compensated.”
The Eze Igbo made known his grievances over the victims not be compensated for their loses.
“inhuman treatment, marginalization and rejection must stop. We are always the most hit in the situations like this but we are always forgotten.
”We are in support of moving traders out of  the terminus and its environs but the satellite market should be strengthened to ensure sanity and orderliness.”
He then added and appealed to Boko Haram and Perpetrators of evil deeds to “embrace peace as killing of innocent people would not solve the problems.”

BREAKING NEWS!!! Another Explosion Rocks Jos Near UNIJOS.

Another bomb explosion has rocks through a football viewing centre in Jos, Plateau State. The bomb explosion took place on Bauchi road in Jos. It was the third bomb explosion in the city in less than a week
Residents confirmed that the explosion occurred along Bauchi Road near the University of Jos.
“There has been an explosion in Jos,” Manzo Ezekiel, spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), but said it was not clear what caused the blast nor if there were casualties.
Pam Ayuba, spokesman for the Plateau state governor Jonah Jang, said the blast happened on Bauchi Road at about 9:30 pm (2030 GMT).
The blast was targeted at football fans watching the European Champions League final between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid.
More to follow...

Jos Twins Blast: It is a Catastrophe...

Jos a city in the Middle Belt of Nigeria with a population of about 900,000 residents based on the 2006 census was yesterday thrown from its peaceful serene environment to a perfect pandemonium as two bomb explosions ripped through Terminus Market in the city.
In a Police report ,it says that 46 were killed while 45 others were injured. President Goodluck Jonathan, Governor Jonah Jang and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal condemned the event.  The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), described the casualty rate of the blasts as catastrophic. In a statement released by a NEMA official, he says “I can’t tell you the figure of those killed by the blasts now, because we are still evacuating bodies from the scene. “The only thing I can say is that the casualty figure is very massive. It is a catastrophe,”

An account of the occurrence was recanted thus-

The explosion was first heard inside the market, at Jos Terminus,behind the popular Ahmadu Bello Way by 2.30pm as reported by an eye witness inside Sienna space bus, while the second explosion occurred about 30 minutes later.
It was gathered that it was the second blast which killed more people because people went to rescue their injured colleagues and see what actually occurred.

Briefing journalists in Jos, the State Commissioner of Police, Chris Olakpe said the bodies have been deposited at the Plateau Specialists Hospital and the Bingham University Teaching Hospital, all in Jos.
Olakpe said: “At about 1500hrs, we heard an explosion but on getting there, a secondary explosion occurred along the same axis. In a situation like this, we don’t rule out high casualties but we are following up to check the Jos University Teaching Hospital, JUTH and other places.
“Anyone with information should come forward with such as it will help us in our investigation”.
The CP who was flanked by heads of other security outfits appealed to residents to remain calm and steer clear of the scenes of the explosions as investigations were still ongoing.
He advised residents not to always rush to scenes of explosion as shrapnel could add to the casualties.