We're monitoring explosives distribution, say Police

Date: 2018-04-16

The Explosives Ordnance Device unit of the police says it is closely monitoring the distribution of explosives devices by the producers in the country.

The Commissioner of Police EOD Command in Ikeja, Lagos, DCP Gabriel Oguntuase, said there was proper documentation of explosives sold to firms that deal in blasting of raw materials to ensure that the devices did not get to the hands of terror-minded people.

The CP, at a press conference on Friday, said anti-bomb operatives of the command had been deployed in the scene of bank robbery at Offa, Kwara State, adding that samples of the explosives used by the assailants had been taken for analysis.

He said, "From preliminary investigations, we suspect the robbers used firebombs and not IEDs which would have brought down the bank structure.

"The incidence of leakages of explosives is almost at zero level since I became the CP of this command. The few manufacturers we have in Nigeria have gone ahead to device means of tracking their products. They have data base so that if they are selling to customers in Owerri, (Imo State), they know the batch. They will also encourage their customers in Owerri on proper documentation. We are monitoring the companies and the end users."

Oguntuase stated that the command had been upgrading its equipment to tackle the dynamics of IEDs and neutralise landmines.

He said the formation worked in synergy with the military in the fight against Boko Haram members in the North-East.

He added, "I have drawn up viable work plans that I hope to pursue dexterously believing that they will yield fruitful results. These include but not limited to inculcating and improving on professionalism in the workforce, especially in the discharge of our duty nationwide and in line with international practices. The command will also work at improving chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear explosives."

Source

 


Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Yusuf Mubarak     Suleiman Abubakar     Ilorin South Constituency     Niyi Ogundiran     David Oyedepo     IYA YUSUF     Iyiola Oyedepo     Ayo Opadokun     Shuaibu Yaman Abdullahi     Clara Nwachukwu     Centre For Digital Economy     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Oniyangi     Kwara State Governor     Doyin Group     Moshood Mustapha     Rachael Obisesan     Tinubu     Abdulmalik Bashir Mopelola Risikatullahi     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Saliu Oluwole     GANZY     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Kunle Suleiman     Tsaragi     Aishatu Ahmed Gobir     Hakeem Idris     Ibrahim Labaika     Shagari     Kawu     Amoyo     Photo News     Sadiq Umar     Taofeeq Olateju     Moses Adekanye     Police Commissioner     Jide Oyinloye     Sa\'adu Salau     Nnazua     Share-Tsaragi     Irepodun     Offorjama     Olayinka Oladapo Jogunola     Zaratu Umar     High Court     Press Release     Ahmed Shuaib Buranga     Kamoru Kadiri     Curfew     Centre For Peace And Strategic Studies     Quareeb     NITDA     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Suleman Abubakar     Ambassador Kayode Laro     Lanwa     John Dara     Okiki     Ibraheem Abdullateef     Yahya Mohammed     Oloye     Paul Olawoore     SDP     Monthly Sanitation Exercise     Umar Yakubu Jaja     Musa Alhassan Buge     Adisa Logun     Ahmad Belgore     Gbenga Olawepo     Ajike People Support Centre     Olam Food Ingredients     IEDPU     Olayinka Olaogun     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Face Masks     Council Of The Wise     Folajimi Aleshinloye    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Gbajabiamila     Ojo Fadumila     Tinubu     Chemiroy Nigeria Limited     Oloye     Iyabo Dupe Adekeye     Igbomina     Mufti Of Ilorin     Olokoba Abdullahi Ayinla     Femi Ogunsola     Saidu Yaro Musa     New Nigeria People’s Party     Abdulwaheed Musa     CCT     National Broadcasting Commission     Alfa Modibo Belgore     A.G.F Abdulrasaq     Kazeem Gbolagade     Muhammed Danjuma     Amina El-Imam     Orire     Rueben Parejo     Umar Saro     Sodiya     Abdulrasheed Lafia     Public Holiday     Binta Abubakar-Mora     Olatunde Michaels     Abraysports FC     Ibrahim Labaika     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     MMWG     Farouk Salim     Jaiz Bank     Lafiagi     Park     Lanwa     Dogara     Abdulfatai Baakini     Bello Abubakar     Babaita     Mujtabah Bature     KWATMA     Bisi Kristien     Elewu     COVID-19 Palliatives     Anilelerin     Tunde Yusuf     Issa Baba     Reuben Paraje     Abdulrahman Onikijipa     Kumbi Titiloye     Tosho Yaqub     Tunji Oyawoye     Medview Airlines     Mohammed Ibrahim     Deji Ajani     Mashood Dauda     Ahman Patigi     Mahee Abdulkadir     Sa\'adu Gambari     Arinola Lawal     Senate     Yusuf Aiyedun     Lawan     Senior Staff Union Of Colleges Of Education     Mukhtar Shagaya     Sabo-Oke     Olabanji Orilonishe     Kehinde Boyede     Wahab Abayawo     Taofik Abdulkareem Babaita     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Haleeman Salman     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Kisra