Police Stops Bomb Attack in Lagos hours to Nationwide Hunger Protest

The Lagos State Police Command said its operatives have foiled a bomb attack in Ikeja, the seat of the State Government.

The state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the development on Wednesday evening.

The IED, contained inside a bag, was dropped by the roadside between Customs and Police Barracks along Mobolaji Bank Anthony Way, Ikeja.

The Police said an officer on patrol saw an unidentified man driving an unregistered Toyota Corolla vehicle coming down from the car and dropping the bag.

He said; “The officer sighted a young man alighted from the car and carefully dropped a bag by the side of FOU Zone A fence. The young man returned to bis car and zoomed off.

“Based on the report a team of 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 truly the item is IED. Subsequently, the area was cordoned off and the IED Rendered safe and thereafter detonated accordingly. Meanwhile the residual of the IED was collected for further analysis and investigation.”

The object was discovered on the eve of the planned nationwide protest against the hardship in the land.

The 10-day protest would start from August 1 to and end 10 August 10, 2024, according to the organisers.