Police deactivate explosive device in Lagos amidst protest

An improvised explosive device (IED) in the state's Ikeja region has been rendered inactive by the Lagos State Police Command's Anti-Bomb Squad. This was verified to Newsmen on Wednesday by Benjamin Hundeyin, the public relations officer for the state police. 

He went on to say that the IED was thrown on the side of the road close to the federal operations unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigerian Customs, on Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way in Ikeja. The IED was contained within a bag. 

The individual who dumped the package was recognised by a patrolling police, according to Hundeyin, who also stated that the suspect got out of an unregistered Toyota Corolla. 

He claimed that in order to defuse the IED before it detonated, the command's anti-bomb unit arrived on the scene right away.

“The officer sighted a young man who alighted from the car and carefully dropped a bag by the side of the FOU Zone A fence. The young man returned to his car and zoomed off,” the police spokesperson said.

“Based on the report, a team of EOD-CBRN experts from the base quickly mobilised to the scene to identify the object.

“On arrival, it was confirmed that truly the item was an IED. Subsequently, the area was cordoned off, and the IED was rendered safe and thereafter detonated accordingly.

“Meanwhile, the residual of the IED was collected for further analysis and investigation.”

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