….No cause for alarm-Police

From Molly Kilete, Abuja.

There was pandemonium in Abuja, yesterday, following news of the discovery of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), allegedly planted in a cooler under the bridge near the popular Shoprite store at Jabi.
Residents, especially motorists, commuters, workers and those who had gone to shop there scampered for safety.
Daily Sun gathered from an eyewitness how someone saw the cooler, placed on a spot under the bridge, was unattended to for a long time, decided to alert security personnel attached to the store.
Security personnel, in turn, alerted the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command, who immediately drafted personnel from the Anti-Bomb Squad to the scene.
On getting there, police condoned off the area which resulted in traffic gridlock. The police team created alternative routes for motorists to enable them detonate the IED as well as and avoid any casualty.
However, the anti-bomb squad found no IED in the cooler.
News of the alleged IED spread round the FCT which caused panic among residents.
When contacted, public relations officer in charge of the FCT Police Command, Anjuri Mamzah said there was no cause for alarm.
Mamzah told Daily Sun “immediately the command received the news of the bomb, we immediately dispatched the bomb section to the said location.
“On getting to the location, they swept the area and the gadget they discovered was not an IED or any other kind of explosive as it was speculated.
He said what the police discovered “was actually a machine used in testing water pressure” and assured that “there is no cause for alarm as the police in the FCT, in conjunction with the military and other security agencies, are working round the clock to ensure the security of the FCT and surrounding states.”