The Nigerian Police Force’s Kaduna State Command stated it had defused another bomb set by bandit terrorists a few kilometers from the Kaduna train station.
According to reports, an improvised explosive device (IED) was discovered yesterday in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of the state.
Residents in the neighborhood found the lethal device about 07:50 p.m. on Thursday, according to the State Command’s spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who confirmed the story in a statement made available to newsmen.
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He said that the leadership moved quickly, and that its Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD) leapt into action and successfully defused the IED with no casualties or property damage.
The Acting Commissioner of Police, DCP Maiyaki M Baba, responded to the occurrence by commending the inhabitants of the region for their alertness and fast reporting of the incidence to the force headquarters.
Residents were once again assured by the Police Chief that the command will always put public safety first.
He did, however, warn the general public to always report suspicious activity or people in the vicinity, assuring them that such information would be treated in strict confidence.
Normalcy had been restored in the neighborhood, according to him, and inhabitants were going about their daily routines.
Meanwhile, bandit terrorists assaulted Unguwan Bulus, a hamlet in Kaduna State’s Sabon Tasha region, on Thursday night.
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The terrorists according to reports, stormed the community at about 10:20 PM in their hundreds shooting sporadically at residents.
“We are under attack presently in my neighbourhood in Kaduna. We have ran to safety,” one Bakuryok Tanjei confirmed the incident to Anaedoonline.ng.
Though the resident had declined to speak further on the incident, more residents of the community had come on social media to report that they are currently running for safety as the terrorists are invading the community in huge numbers.
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