According to The Nation newspaper reports, in Ibadan the Oyo State capital, three suspects, including a Burkinabe, have been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to smuggle explosive devices into the country through a border. The explosives were allegedly meant for Borno and Yobe states. The suspects, who were paraded by the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operation), Mr Musa Kimo, at the Police Headquarters, Eleyele, Ibadan are in their 40s.
Kimo said the suspects were apprehended around 8pm on Saturday by the anti-bomb squad. He said they
concealed the explosives in a sack. Kimo added that the anti-bomb personnels confirmed that the explosives recovered from them are capable of destroying a whole community and was expected to be transported to Yobe and Borno states.
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