Nigeria: No Blast Anywhere in Abuja - Police

4 February 2013

Kingsley Omonobi — FCT Police Commissioner, Aderenle Shinaba Monday disclosed that there was no bomb blast anywhere in the federal capital noting however that the Police Explosion Ordinance Device Squad of the command, only disarmed a 40 ton object made up of sand and tiles discovered in the premises of NIPOST, in the Area 10 outline of Garki district.

Explaining what actually happened following rumours earlier in the day that a bomb blast occurred at the popular Area 10 shopping complex, CP Shinaba said, "The true position is that no bomb blast occurred anywhere in Abuja today.

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