Wednesday, June 15, 2011
[size=14pt]Panic in Oyo, Kaduna, Edo, Rivers over fresh blasts, kidnapping[/size]

From Saxone Akhaine, Kaduna Iyabo Lawal (Ibadan), Kelvin Ebiri (Port Harcourt), Alemma-Ozioruva Aliu and Taiwo Gbadamosi (Benin City)


FEAR-stricken residents, angry members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), and other Nigerians in Kaduna, Ibadan (Oyo State), Port Harcourt (Rivers State) and Benin City (Edo State) yesterday asked the Federal Government to demonstrate the political will against the growing cases of banditry, bombing and kidnapping in the country.

http://odili.net/news/source/2011/jun/15/11.html



In Ibadan, panic swept through the state capital over a bomb hoax while the police recovered another bomb, the second in two days, planted by unknown persons in the Kaduna metropolis. Commuters were stranded as commercial vehicle operators, the state rail and water transport services promptly went off their routes.


Angry corps members in Port Harcourt took to the streets to protest the non-release of their abducted colleagues.


For security agencies and other stakeholders, who gathered in Benin City, the insecurity situation and kidnapping in the country were no longer acceptable. They urged the government to move fast against the vices to avert the looming anarchy.


The police in Kaduna confirmed that they found another bomb yesterday on a rail track near a bridge behind Dambo International School around Barnawa Government Reserved Area (GRA), the heart of the metropolis.


The police had on Monday recovered a bomb at one of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) staff quarters in Narayi area of Kaduna.


Yesterday's bomb was discovered at 10 a.m. after over four hours search by the men of the State Security Services (SSS), who acted on intelligence report.


According to the head of the Police Anti-Bomb Squad, Patrick David Effiong, who spoke to journalists at the scene, "the explosives is capable of causing massive destruction of the rails into fragments and also pulling down buildings."


Effiong said the explosive was intended to destroy heavy equipment and disrupt commercial train services between the suburb and metropolis.


One of the security operatives said the bomb was discovered after over four hours search along the rail tracks.


An anti-bomb experts who was among those that unravelled the plot to bomb Kaduna told journalists that had they (suspected bombers) succeeded it would have been the worst bomb attacks in the state, considering the location, the target and the higher magnitude of the device.


The bomb was discovered under the bridge around Dambo International School and demobilised by bomb experts under the supervision of SSS officials.


Following the security alert, the Kaduna State Railway and Water Transport Services suspended their services on the Sabon Tasha, Television Garage, Kawo, Rigachukun and Kaduna routes.


In the confusion that ensued over the bomb rumour in Ibadan, members of the now proscribed National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) quickly withdrew their vehicles from the roads.


As rumour spread, the panic situation became worse in other parts of the metropolis as friends and relations made frantic calls through text messages to reach their loved ones on the need to stay away from the area.


At 5.00 p.m., the Iwo Road end was completely deserted while officials of the Anti-Bomb Squad were deployed to the scene.


The policemen later discovered that the information was a hoax.


When contacted, the Police Deputy Public Relations Officer, Femi Okanlawon, confirmed that the command received the rumour and drafted policemen to the area.


Okanlawon however clarified that no bomb was found at the scene and warned residents against spreading any false rumour.


Over 30 NYSC members serving at the Community Secondary School, Omadebe, in Rivers State yesterday abandoned their classrooms to protest the abduction of five of their colleagues.


The victims who are due to pass out tomorrow were abducted by gunmen on their way home after their clearance Tuesday last week.

this odili news is the crapest newspaper ever!!!

see the way they want to see panic among people

alj_harem:

this odili news is the crapest newspaper ever!!!

see the way they want to see panic among people

Ode; odili is not a newspaper.