The plan of hoodlums to exterminate a team of policemen at an observation point in Otuocha, Anambra East Local Council of the state blew into the open as the policemen detected the Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted behind the observation point for the intended purpose.
The explosive device contained in a white plastic paint bucket filled with shrapnel was sighted just behind an Observation Point of Policemen attached to 54 Police Mobile Force (PMF) along Otuocha-Nando road, Otuocha in Anambra East local council area of Anambra State.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state Mr. Haruna Mohammed, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the story said that as soon as the discovery was made, the area was immediately cordoned off and the Command Explosives Ordinance Disposal unit (EOD) operatives were deployed to the Scene.
The men found in the white plastic bucket according to him “shrapnels glued together with cement concrete and connected with two wires extended to the nearby bush”.
“It was examined and confirmed to be an improvised explosive device (IED)”
“Consequently, the device was successfully deactivated and evacuated to a safer location for demobilisation.
The Police Command in a statement implored the public to remain vigilant and report suspicious objects or persons to the nearest Police Station or through the command emergency number 07039194332 for prompt action.
Asked if the police knew the motive of the hoodlums behind the device, Haruna said it will never be known until after an investigation.
Asked about those behind the device, he said all that may be unveiled after thorough investigation.
Haruna lamented that those behind the device meant real harm as they loaded the bucket with long nails and other shrapnel.
Source: https://www.independent.ng/police-mobile-unit-escapes-death-intercepts-explosive-device/amp/
