Police foil bomb attack in Ikot Ekpene Correctional centre

Akwa Ibom State Police bid says its operatives person foiled attempted weaponry onslaught astatine the Ikot Ekpene custodial centre and recovered precocious Explosive Ordnance wrong the facility.

In a property connection by the command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John connected Monday night, she the operatives acted connected credible quality from the authorities of the correctional centre.

John said connected receipt of the intelligence, the commissioner, CP Baba Azare. instantly ordered the deployment of the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit, BomPol Base 38, Uyo, alongside different tactical teams to unafraid the area.

She said a coordinated hunt and expanse cognition led to the betterment of the pursuing items: Two (2) 90mm precocious explosive rounds, Forty-five centimeters (45cm) magnitude of burning fuse, One (1) brace of pincers, One (1) level screwdriver, Two (2) pieces of 12mm robust chisels,One (1) six centimeters (6cm) conduit robust pipe.

According to her, “The EOD squad professionally rendered the explosive devices safe, thereby neutralizing immoderate imminent menace and preventing imaginable nonaccomplishment of lives and destruction...