•Bomb scare in Minna, residents run for cover
From TIMOTHY OLA, Maiduguri and AKIN ALOFETEKUN, Minna
Maiduguri again witnessed no fewer than 10 bomb explosions yesterday evening, few hours after the killing of a police traffic warden. The first explosion occurred at about 6.15pm followed by more blasts, which occurred simultaneously in different areas for about 15 minutes. Sporadic gunshots by security forces also followed.
The exact locations of the explosions could not be ascertained as at press time. Meanwhile, gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram dared the heavy security presence at the post office area yesterday as they shot dead a police traffic officer at about 1.30pm. The incident caused pandemonium as residents, traders and motorists ran helter skelter as anti-riot policemen shot into the area.
The entire area located at the heart of the city was immediately deserted as security forces took position to forestall further tragedy. Efforts to get the reaction of the Joint Task Force (JTF) did not yield any result as its spokesman, Lt. Col. Sagir Musa did not respond to several calls to him. There were no words from the Borno Police Command too. Meanwhile, residents of Minna, Niger State, especially those in the Farm Centre, Tunga area of the state capital scampered into different directions following a bomb scare at the Abdulsalami Abubakar Motorpark.
The incident occurred at about 9:30am, when a passenger sighted a black polythene bag containing some yet-to-be identified items and thereafter raised an alarm that attracted the attention of neighbours and passersby to the scene. Daily Sun reliably gathered that no sooner than the incident happened than the news filtered into all parts of Minna and its environs, with different versions, some of which claimed there was a bomb blast in the city.
The state police command quickly dispatched the police anti-bomb disposal team to secure the scene and evacuate the strange object contained in the polythene bag. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Pius Edobor, confirmed there was a bomb scare, adding that somebody saw an envelope which contained some yet-to-be identified items in an area of the city at between 9:30 and10:30 am yesterday.
The Deputy Superintendent of Police, in an interview with journalists in Minna said the command had commenced investigation into the case, while the Police Bomb Disposal Unit in custody of the strange items were yet to disclose their findings.
He therefore advised that members of the public should have no cause to fear or panic, adding that if the public saw any suspicious object, they should let the police know about it to professionally handle the matter.
THE ISSUE OF BOKO HARAM WILL NEVER DIE TILL THE PPL OF NIGERIA FIND IT FIT TO SAY WE ARE SORRY TO IGBOS WHOM THEY HAVE OFFENDED SINCE THE 1960 TILL DATE AND CHANGED TO BRING A NEW LEAVE
Are you admitting that Igbos are behind the Boko Haram crisis?Mind your comments please.
i see no comment. an indication that the
commentators on maiduguri and boko haram have exausted their venoms and got tired on everything a nd may likely concentrate on new things like how igbo youth turned kidnappers and their usual trade of armed robbery.
Ojo i know that ur from kogi state, stop acting like a proverbial orstridge that hide it’s head when it is been pursued and think that as it is not seing the world that the world is not seing it, not knowing that it’s entire body is in sight.
wen a person hs bn stung by a bee, d presence of a fly becomes scary.
Ojo u ar one of de foolish Yorubas, son of a genocider Awolowo. Ondo state speaker was kidnappd last wk, was he kdnapd by Igbos? In d history of Naija Yorubas hav d highest no of arm robbers n touts(agboro). Igbos r ahead u fools. Awolowo commitd genocide against innocient childrn, God wl nt 4giv him; n de anger of God wl b upon dos Yorubas supportin Awo both dead n alive….
What are u saying, You are very stupid with ur comment on Awo,I disagree with you.
He that has been bitten by a snake always run away when he sees earthworm
D answer 2 all dis problm is division we must nt prtnd
YERUBA IS THE USELESS PART OF NIGERIA THEY ARE NOT REAL NIGERIAN, YERUBA ARE FROM TOGO, SHAME TO THEM ALL FOOLS, IF YERUBA MAN WILL REALIZE THAT HE IS A FOOL, I THINK NIGERIA WILL BE CALM AT SOME EXTEND, HOW COME THEY LOOTED NIGERIA? OK LIKE NOW YOU SEE OBJ, BODE GEORGE, BANKOLE DIMEJI, AWOLOWO, MKO ABIOLA, THIS ARE ERASMUS AKPAMBGOLA, THE MAN WHO LIQUIDED CONTINENTAL BANK THIS ARE YERUBA CRIMINALS THUNDER WILL STRIKE AND WIPE ALL OF YOU YERUBA’S DIRTY USELESS FOOLS IDIOT,
IT TOOK NIGERIA SOLDIERS WITH BRITIAN AND RUSSIA 3 GOOD YEARS TO FIGHT IGBOS STEAL THE WAR WAS NO VICTOR NO VANQUISH, IF YERUBAS EVENTUALLY TRY IGBOS, I SWEAR IGBOS WILL SINK THEM IN ONE WEEK AND WIPE THEM OUT FROM THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH, IF LIKE BELIEVE IT OR NOT I KNOW MY ATOMIC MISSILE CAN DO IT FOR ME, BOKO HARAM ISSUE IS TOO MINOR TO COMPARE WHAT WILL HAPPEN TO YERUBA LAND IF THEY TRY TO CHALLENGE IGBOS, EQD.
U guys alwaz talk like a fool. D best answer to a fool is silence. May God 4giv u all
Ojo go and kiss transformer
May God help us see the end of this security challenge that the north has been facing.
Pls let’s stop critisin our past leadas, no 1 is perfect nt even us. They al trie dei best. Lets luk 4ward stopi dis problem boko haram, or we let them go. Ther s n big deal in self rule. Dis’s wat they nid
Dei ar fools. Kilin ur brodas, renderi them homeles, jobles n idiot. God punish una.
May his soul rest in perfect peace. I also pray 4 God’s intervention upon our country Nigeria
d truth is dat we human beings always over emphasis all things.hav we 4goten wat d Bible said about d happenings of d end time.such is wat is happenin right now.
Oh! what a nation.
D insecurity in dis country is so complex that if care is not taken it may overwhelm dis govt
freedom of speech, but let us be minding our words and our tongues. what is sincerity?