The police anti-bomb squad yesterday Monday defused a parcel suspected to contain some explosive items.
The parcel, which was addressed to the Coordinating Minister for the Economy and Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, was dropped at the post office in Area 10, Garki, Abuja.
There was pandemonium in Abuja as the news of the discovery of the suspected parcel bomb spread across the city with residents scampering for safety.
A man suspected to be of unsound mind planted the parcel in front of the post office last Friday after discovering the gates were locked.
“The police came and they were able to examine it. Eventually they found something suspicious and it was a bomb says the Post Master General (PMG) of the Federation, Mr. Ibrahim Mori-Baba.
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Commissioner, Aderenle Shinaba, said the Police Explosion Ordinance Device Squad, disarmed a 40-ton object . He said ''I directed the Explosive Ordinance Department to detonate the object technically from a distance''.
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