Operatives of the Police Explosive Ordinance Department (EOD) have defused an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) found in a bucket in Rigasa, the Kaduna community where the Abuja-Kaduna train station is located.
The Informamant247 Nigeria News gathered that the explosive device was found along Makarfi road area of the community.
Kaduna Police spokesman ASP Muhammad Jalige, confirming this, said their men were immediately deployed to the scene after receiving a tip-off.
According to him, “Yes there was an IED planted around Makarfi Road, Rigasa this morning. We received a distress call and our officers from the EOD were deployed to the scene.
“On getting to the scene, they identified the device as Improvised Explosive Device (IED) and they successfully defused the device without causing harm to anyone.”
The Informant247 Nigeria News had reported that in less than 24 hours, Bandits launched multiple explosive attacks on train station along Kaduna-Abuja rail axis.
