07-07-2014 Police Foil Attempt to Bomb Secondary School in Gombe...thisday
An attempt to bomb some final year students of Government Day Secondary School (Pilot), in Tudun Wada area of Gombe metropolis who were writing their mathematics examinations conducted by the

National Examinations Council (NECO) was yesterday foiled by the state police command. Few residents of the town into fear yesterday afternoon as most of them scampered for their lives after the

police discovered a Honda Odyssey laden with heavy explosives in the school that is directly opposite the Gombe Police Area Command. The state Commissioner of Police, Abdullahi Kudu Nma, said they

received a distressed call from the area between 10:30a.m. and 11a.m. and immediately moved its bomb disposal experts who succeeded in defusing the heavy laden explosives in the premises of the

school while the final year students were writing their mathematics examination. The suicide bomber who defied thes ecurity guards at the gate of the school, tried to detonate the bomb by hitting

the car several times on the walls of the school but could did succeed. On close inspection by the police, it was discovered that the vehicle was loaded with 10 long and short cylinders believed to

contain explosives, two ammunition boxes suspected to be carrying explosive substances. Following the discovery, the commands bomb disposal unit quickly went into action and succeeded in

disconnecting the explosives which enabled the police to remove the vehicle and all the explosives to the command headquarters for further investigation. The police commissioner, who could not say

whether or not any arrest had been made, however told journalists that investigation would disclose it and that the public would not be left in the dark. The commissioner added that but for the

quick intervention of the police, the explosives would have caused monumental destruction and killed all students who were writing their NECO examinations in the hall. He said the scene was

cordoned off so as not to kill the command’s line of investigation. The police boss added that going by the number and weight of the explosive cylinders, the blast would have affected or destroyed

houses and persons as far as 800 metres away from the school

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