A suspected bomb factory has been discovered in Iddo, Okpella,Edo State after one of the explosives exploded. The factory was uncovered after the Edo state Governor; Godwin Obaseki directed the Police Commissioner and the Director of Department of State Services (DSS) in the state to commence search for explosives and other weapons and disarm the militia group operating in the community.
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The building where the suspected bombs were manufactured is a three- bedroom apartment which the villagers said was occupied by some men from Kogi State. One of the suspected bomb makers was killed in the explosion while another of the victim’s legs was also chopped off by the blast.
A source in the village said youths in the area mobilized and nabbed some occupants in the building. One of the occupants, who reportedly escaped with a car loaded with prepared explosives, arms and ammunition, abandoned the vehicle along a bush path and fled.
A source in the village said youths in the area mobilized and nabbed some occupants in the building. One of the occupants, who reportedly escaped with a car loaded with prepared explosives, arms and ammunition, abandoned the vehicle along a bush path and fled.
The President of Iddo Youth Movement, Mohammad Mohammad, said: “We all came out when we heard the sound and informed the people that explosion killed somebody. When we got to the place one of the occupants we met immediately escaped in a vehicle.
“So the youths gave him a hot chase shouting that he had killed somebody and he was subsequently arrested and taken to the Divisional Police Officer before his onward transfer to the area Commander.”
“So the youths gave him a hot chase shouting that he had killed somebody and he was subsequently arrested and taken to the Divisional Police Officer before his onward transfer to the area Commander.”
Wife of one of the suspects and her children were also taken into custody.
