An Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was discovered at the fence of the Federal Operations Unit (FOU), Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service on Bank Anthony way, Ikeja, Lagos, on Wednesday. Lagos State Commissioner of Police Adegoke Fayoade confirmed the story.
The object was discovered on the eve of the planned nationwide protest organized by youths against the hardship in the Nigeria.
The 10 days protest would start from August 1 to and end 10 August 10, 2024, according to the organisers.
The IED was allegedly dropped by a yet to identified person who drove to the spot in a car and zoomed off immediately after the action.
It was also gathered that the suspects was first sighted by a police officer attached to the Explosive Ordinance Depot (EOD) Base in Ikeja.
A police source said the officer saw a man in an unregistered Toyota Corolla car parked close to the entrance of the PMF 23 barracks along Mobolaji Bank Anthony way, Ikeja.
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