The Commissioner of Police, Kogi State Command, Mr.
Muhammed Katsina, on Monday said the command had uncovered another bomb factory
in Okaito, a remote village in Okehi Local Government Area of the state.
From December 2011 till date, four
different bomb factories had been uncovered in Kogi State. One was at Kabba,
while the remaining three were at Lokoja, Okene, Okehi and Adavi areas.
Speaking with journalists in Lokoja,
he said police officers uncovered the bomb factory with the help of the suspect
arrested in connection with last Sunday’s bomb explosion near Living Faith
Church and Deeper Life Christian Church, along Okene-Obehira Road in Okene.
Katsina said the police recovered
from the bomb factory, 46 Improvised Explosive Device, three bottles of
potassium Chloride, 15 fuses, 15 capacitors, five litres of acid and one
electrical detonator.
Others items, according to him, were
Bibles, Qurans, 250m detonating cord, three remote controlled siren GSM sets, rolls
of firing cables, nails of various sizes, ammunitions, motorcycle, and other
household items.
He said the factory buildings were
designed as a church and a mosque ostensibly to deceive people while in actual
fact, they were buildings where bombs of various sizes were manufactured and
transportation to other places.
He, however, did not name the owners
of the buildings, but said investigations were ongoing.
While parading the suspect, Katsina
warned that those arrested in connection with any crisis or insecurity in any
part of the state would be punished according to the law, no matter how highly
placed.
He also advised property owners,
especially landlords to scrutinise prospective tenants thoroughly before giving
out their properties.
Also, less than 48 hours after an
attack by suspected terrorists gang in the Mahuta Village of Kaduna State, the
police in the state said on Monday that they raided a bomb factory located at
Rafin-Guza, near Kawo, where it impounded different cans of explosives and bomb-making
powder.
Police Public Relation Officer of the
state command, Aminu Lawan, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, said one person
was reportedly killed during the attack which was repelled by the youth of the
area.
The Kaduna State Police Commissioner,
Mr. Mohammed Abubakar Jingiri, at a press briefing at the headquarters of the
command, said a “confessed terrorist” led the police to the hideout where other
items were equally recovered.
These included two bags of chemicals,
a jerry can of acid, two masks, an AK47 magazine with 27 rounds of live
ammunition and eight car alarm systems.
The commissioner had earlier on July
12, said his men arrested three bandits who robbed a filling station manager at
Maraban Yakawaada, Giwa Local Government Area.