An improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered at the fence of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service on Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday.
The object was discovered on the eve of the planned nationwide protest against the hardship in the land.
The 10-day protest would start on August 1 and end on August 10, 2024, according to the organizers.
Our correspondent gathered that the IED was allegedly dropped by a yet-identified person who drove to the spot in a car and zoomed off immediately after the action.
It was also gathered that the suspects were first sighted by a police officer attached to the Explosive Ordinance Depot (EOD) base in Ikeja.
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A police source said the officer saw a man in an unregistered Toyota Corolla car parked close to the entrance of the PMF 23 barracks along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Adegoke Fayoade, confirmed the incident to our correspondent.
Fayoade, who spoke through the Command’s Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, said the officer who sighted the suspect is attached to the Police Explosives Ordinance Depot (EOD) base in Ikeja.
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The Lagos State Police boss said the suspect parked his unregistered Toyota Corolla car on the main road, close to the gate of PMF 23 barracks.
“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.
“Based on the report, a team of EOD-CBRN experts from the base quickly mobilized to the scene to identify the object.
“On arrival, it was confirmed that the item truly is 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,” he added.
Daily Trust