Nigerian police have reportedly arrested the man with some other people who planned to bomb the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
The suspected bomber was identified as Abiodun Amos aka SENTI.
According to a statement issued by the police described him as the leader of the Militant Gang planning to bomb the 3rd Mainland Bridge in Lagos.
He was nabbed on November 2nd 2016 in a hideout at the bank of Majidun River in Ikorodu, Lagos State along withtwo AK 47 rifles recovered from his possession.
”The principal suspect is an Ijaw man and a Native of Ese Odo LGA of Ondo State. He is an Explosives Expert who specializes in assembling and modifying large scale Improvised Explosives Devices (IED) for terrorist act.
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The suspect also volunteered confessional statement to the Police and named other members of the militant group that are still at large.
One of the suspects at large mentioned to the Police by the principal suspect as the person in possession of their explosive devices and the detonators, was trailed by the Police (IRT) Operatives on the 26th December, 2016 while conveying in a Toyota Camry Car, 2 Cartons of Galantine Dynamite Explosives and 125 Detonators in the boot of the Car in a location in Ikorodu, on his way to link up with the other members of the militant gang to blow up the 3rd mainland bridge.
The Suspect, on sighting the police, jumped out of the Car and escaped into the nearby bush. The explosive devices and the detonators were recovered by the Police IRT operatives and the Explosive Ordinance Department, and the attack that would have been a major devastating and colossus damage to Lagos state and Nigeria was averted.”
According to the police in a statement issued by deputy commissioner of police, Don Awunah, said that investigation is ongoing to arrest all the other members of the militant gang.
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