The Police Public Relation Officer in the command, Aminu
Lawan, who announced this to newsmen in Kaduna, said that the Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) was detonated at about 10,30 a.m.
Lawan said that the command was alerted t about 10 am that
a young motorcyclists dropped a polythene bag containing IED at Kashim Ibrahim
Road, along Sultan Road, Ungwan Sarki, Kaduna North Local Government Area.
He said that the command’s anti-bomb squad acted swiftly
and was able to detonate the explosive safely “without causing any harm or
injury to any person”.
``When we were alerted, we swiftly moved to the scene and
condoned off the area. We called our anti bomb disposal experts and they
responded promptly and discovered that what was contained in the polythene bag
is an IED.
`` They were able to demobilised the IED safely without
anybody being affected.''
Lawan said that calm had returned to the metropolis after
the scare, adding that normal activities had resumed in the area.
He said that the assessment of anti-bomb experts of the IED
was that it was of “high calibre”.
He advised people in the state to remain calm and assured
that the command had intensified patrol in all parts of the city to ensure that
the suspects were tracked down. (NAN)
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