The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon E. Arase has assured residents and the entire country not to panic as the Nigeria Police Force is prepared to do all within its reach to ensure adequate security of lives and property. The police boss was reacting to the bomb blasts that occurred in Kuje and Nyanya areas in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja last night.
A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Acting Assistant Commissioner of Police Olabisi Kolawole quoted the Inspector General as describing the perpetrators of the Abuja bombing as cowards.
He vowed that no matter their aim, Nigeria will not accommodate terrorists’ acts even as he ordered an immediate deployment of Police Explosives Ordinance Disposal Units to the scenes to prevent further destructions.
The police said that the preliminary investigations revealed the bomb blasts were carried out by two suicide bombers – a male and a female.
The police boss has, in the meantime, ordered massive stop-and-search activities in and around the Federal Capital to Territory, Abuja. He called on Nigerians to be vigilant at all times and report any suspicious persons or objects to the nearest Police Station or any other security agencies for prompt interventions. [myad]
