MAN CAUGHT PLANTING BOMB AT AN ISLAMIC SCHOOL IN JOS

An islamic School in Bukuru, Jos South L.G.A of plateau state Nigeria, became a target for terror act as a 35 year old man was caught while trying to plant a bomb at the Islamic school...The Police's anti-bomb squad was called in and the team detonated the bomb while taking the bomber into custody...though, Members of the community who got hold of the suspect in Bukuru alleged that there were five of them that went to the scene to plant the bomb but were able to grab one of them, while the other four escaped.

A community member said, “We were vigilant because we heard rumour of that attacks were been plotted against this community, so at about 10pm Friday night, we saw people strange to us and we monitored their activities. We later discovered they were about planting an object, so we went after them and we were able to grab one which we handed over to security agencies”

Also at Congo Russia area of Jos North local government another explosion was averted following the discovery of an improvised explosive devise (IEDS) planted in the neighbourhood by suspected terrorist gang.

Nigeria Police Plateau state Command  offered a statement about the acts through the force's Public Relations Officer, DSP Abu Emmanuel, said:

"At about 11pm on Thursday, there was a distress call from the Divisional Police Officer of Nassarawa Gwom about a strange container suspected to be a bomb planted in the area...We moved swiftly to the scene to discover it was a bomb and we immediately defused it."

And concerning the arrested suspect the police said, 

“Yes we are in custody of the suspect who was found allegedly planting bomb in Bukuru, we cannot disclose his name now, we are investigating the matter to know his level of involvement in the crime, so we assumed he is innocent for now."

The Commissioner of police in the state Dipo Ayeni through the State's Police public Relations Officer said:

"The Commissioner appreciates and is highly delighted with the manner members of the public reacted to the incident and for notifying the police and called on them to sustain the tempo...he advised members to report any suspicious movement of criminal elements to security agencies with a view to nip in the bud the criminal activities of terrorist gangs in the state".

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