Police defuse explosive device in Bauchi

   
Residents of the busy Anguwar Ngas in Yelwa area of Bauchi metropolis were thrown into confusion Tuesday morning when they woke up to discover a device, suspected to be a bomb, planted near a gutter in the area.
The discovery of the device came two days after a bomb was detonated by unknown gunmen at a police check point near Central Market in the Bauchi State capital.
A resident of the area, who pleaded anonymity, said he saw the device at about 6am near the area where locally made gin (popularly called burukutu) was prepared and sold.

"We were shocked and afraid when we saw it and everybody ran away," he said.
The eye witness said that an unidentified boy was able to de-assemble the wired device and prevented it from exploding.

When journalists visited the area at about 8am, a team of Police bomb squad attached to the Government House, Bauchi was seen fiddling with the object.

A panic-stricken crowd gathered and watched from a distance as the busy road was barricaded by police who cleared the device and took it away.

Speaking with journalists later in his office, the State Commissioner of Police, Ikechukwu Aduba said it was a time-bomb device made from an air-conditioner compressor with all the components of a bomb.
Tough three days

Mr Aduba said that if it detonated, it would have caused a maximum damage within one and a half kilometers radius.
"It was dropped in a gutter in an area people normally take locally-made gin. We sent our bomb experts to the area who successfully detonated the bomb," he added.

Mr Aduba described the last three days in the state as "tough" for the command in terms of security challenge.
The Police Commissioner recalled that his men were ambushed in a heavily populated area on Saturday while on patrol. He said his men were undertaking a stop-and-search operation when a bomb was hurled into their patrol vehicle.
"Five of our men were injured and were taken to the hospital and have been discharged," he said.
The commissioner of police however said the command would not be deterred by what was going on, saying that he regarded those perpetuating the criminal acts as "hoodlums".
He called on the public to help the police with vital information that would help in fighting crime.
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Posted: at 10-08-2011 12:56 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

 

Posted: at 10-08-2011 03:52 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

Na wa oh! I thought the people doing
these heinous crimes
are Muslims. This is
Ramadan and they are still killing and attempting to kill people wit bombs. How do you
intentionally go and kill
someone, then starve yourself and carry a mat to
knock your head on the floor
and ask for forgiveness and
you think it is all good? The
people you kill may
be Muslims too. Muslims like you looking for an
opportunity to atone for their
sins so that they can make
heaven, then you suddenly
deprive them the opportunity
of life given to them by Allah for your selfish ends.  And
you think it is okay...? The only Jihad you should be
fighting is against the beasts
residing within yourselves.
It is like your bodies
are possessed by minions
from Hell, because your actions are Hellish.

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Posted: at 10-08-2011 07:13 AM (12 years ago) | Hero

What a joke of the year. They ran away and a young boy dismantled the device. Those policemen should be fired.

Posted: at 10-08-2011 08:42 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

HUMMM

Posted: at 10-08-2011 09:23 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

Posted: at 10-08-2011 10:32 AM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

wonders , i tire self for them

Posted: at 10-08-2011 11:57 AM (12 years ago) | Gistmaniac

We thank God!

Posted: at 10-08-2011 01:10 PM (12 years ago) | Newbie

those who most kill in other to live most have dead sentence at the door of there house.

Posted: at 10-08-2011 02:28 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming

Okay

Posted: at 10-08-2011 08:47 PM (12 years ago) | Upcoming