A boko haram suspect, 22-year-old physically challenged boy (name withheld) was yesterday August 18, arrested at the National Airport Management Authority (NAMA) annex known as CENTREX, about 300 meters from the international terminal of the airport, opposite the airport cathedral in Lagos with canisters around his neck. He confessed that he was sent along with other Boko Haram members to Lagos to bomb various parts of the city.
The suspect told security operatives that his two other colleagues were assigned the task of bombing Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), as well as the densely populated Lagos Island and Apapa areas. A security official, who spoke to THISDAY said the attempt would have been successful but for the inability of the explosives to detonate when they were supposed to
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“He was caught because when he tried to set off the explosives, there was a hitch. He ran back to an obscure place to check it out and fix it. His suspicious movement and the frustration evident on his face aroused the suspicion of security operatives attached to NAMA.”
“The attention of NAMA has been drawn to insinuations that a suspected suicide bomber was arrested at one of the agency’s facilities at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, on Monday.
The basic truth however is that the said suspect was on the ground making phone calls along the Airport Road close to CENTREX, an annex office of NAMA when the agency’s security personnel accosted him.
His incoherent explanation exposed him to the security personnel who later found on him some devices suspected to be explosives. He was subsequently handed over to the Airport Police Command for further investigation,” Atobatele said.
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