The Acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Suleiman Abba, has directed
that the suspected suicide bomber arrested near the Murtala Mohammed
International Airport, Lagos, on Monday be moved to Abuja. A security source
said that the IG ordered the transfer of the physically-challenged terror
suspect to Abuja for immediate interrogation and investigation into his
activities. The source said that the suspected insurgent would be in Abuja on
Tuesday evening in view of the urgency of the IG’s directive. The suspected
suicide bomber was said to have attempted to bomb the annex office of the
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, located inside the Murtala Muhammed
Airport, Lagos, when he was apprehended by security personnel on Monday.
The physically-challenged suspect whose name was yet to be
ascertained was reportedly arrested with suspected explosives around his neck.
The suspect, who was later handed over to the police by Airport security
operatives, was subsequently taken to the Airport Police headquarters along the
Ikeja- Airport Road The source said that investigation would also focus on the
mental state of the suspect and the veracity of the statements he was said to
have made to security operatives. It was learnt that security operatives would
not rush to make any statement about the suspect in order to avoid sending out
wrong information to the public. It was further learnt that prior to the
directive to move the suspect to the Force Headquarters, the Police in Lagos
had been looking at claims that the terror suspect might have mental
challenges. Security operatives were said to be investigating the canisters
that were said to be in custody of the suspect when he was arrested with a view
to finding out whether they were Improvised Explosive Devices or not.
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