Police discovers bomb factory in kano, constitutes team to investigate groom's death

The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Ibrahim Idris, who confirmed this while briefing newsmen in Kano, said two suspected owners of the factory were arrested during the operation.

Idris told newsmen that assorted bomb manufacturing materials were also discovered during the operation.

He said the factory, which had been cordoned off by mobile policemen, would be demolished.

The commissioner said three vehicles were also found and taken to the police headquarters, Bompai, Kano.

Idris said other items discovered were 100 detonators, the main primer for the construction

of Improvised Explosive Device (IED), concentrated salt, used to mix with ammonium nitrate.
 

The others included: T and T, a high calbre military chemical for bomb making; battery chargers, laptop computers, finished IEDs, four AK 47 rifles and eight fully loaded magazines.

Idris commended members of the public for providing useful information to the police.

He assured the people that the command would intensify raid on flash points until total peace was restored in the state.




IG constitutes team to investigate groom's death

 

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has constituted an investigation team to look into the circumstances leading to the death of one Ugochukwu Ozuah on Sept. 20

in Lagos.

A statement by CSP Frank Mba, Deputy Force Public Relations Officer, on Thursday, said the team was from the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Abuja.

Mba said the team would take over the investigation into the death of Ozuah from the Lagos State Police Command.

Ozuah was allegedly shot to death by policemen in Lagos a few days after his wedding.


``The directive is necessitated by the need to maintain neutrality, professionalism, speedy and holistic dispensation of justice," the statement said.

Mba said the IG commiserated with the family, friends and relations of the deceased and assured them that the force would do everything possible to unmask and bring the perpetrators of the crime to book.

Abubakar appealed to members of the public, especially those who might have witnessed the crime, to come forward with useful information that could aid the police to arrest the perpetrators.

Mba said the IG had not made a definite statement on the incident contrary to rumours making rounds, especially in the social media.

``As a matter of fact, this is the first and the only statement so far made by either the IGP or the Force headquarters on this subject matter.


``As the chief investigator of the nation, it is not in the character of the IG to jump into hasty conclusions before initiating investigations," Mba said