Lagos PRO, DSP Ngozi Braide
By Chiemelie Ezeobi
Following Monday's explosion at Miracle Sand Beach under the
bridge linking FESTAC Ton to Amuwo Odofin Local Government, THISDAY gathered
that some persons have been arrested in connection with the act.
The explosion which emanated from an Improvised Explosive
Device (IED) buried under the ground had killed the chairman of the San
dredger, Oladele Pius and injured a policeman, one Inspector Sani.
In line with the pledge from the Commissioner of Police,
Umar Manko, to ensure a thorough investigation,
It was gathered that some of the persons that were arrested were those who had called the deceased on the
phone minutes before the device went off.
According to police sources, the police had to tow that line
of action in order not to leave any stone unturned in uncovering the
masterminds behind the heinous act.
It was also gathered from sources close to the family that
they had encouraged the police to tow that line because the deceased was
reluctant to go the office until some phone calls came in and made him change
his mind.
THISDAY gathered that although the first phone call on his
phone was from the policeman that was with him when the blast occurred, other
calls came in at about 10.54 am, 11.06 am, 11,25am and 11.30am and spurred the
deceased to go to his death.
Meanwhile, the deceased's friends and family dismissed
claims that his death was accidental. According to them, the deceased was lured
to his death as he had earlier made up his mind not to go to work based on
premonition.
Some of his friends who spoke on strict terms of anonymity
said the murder attempt was not the first made on the deceased's life.
He said, "Before they finally succeeded in killing him,
so many attempts have been made on his life including through diabolical means. And as if he knew, he didn't want to
go to work that day but some people who we are yet to know their identity kept
on calling him until he went."
He also faulted the CP's claim that the blast was not from a
bomb but from an IED. He said, “The police are saying it was not a bomb but an
electrical fault when we know that bomb was premeditated.
"From what we saw after the device went off, it was
buried just where Oladele sits. Everyone in the park knows that that particular
spot is where he sits and so for it to be planted there means he was the
target."
But the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Ngozi Braide, said conclusions can only
be drawn after investigations must have been done, adding that preliminary investigations showed that the
explosion was caused by electrical fault and not a bomb.
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