Two objects suspected to
be Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) were yesterday defused by the police
anti-bomb squad.
They were reportedly planted in front of the Post
Office at Area 10, Garki, Abuja. The objects were allegedly in a parcel,
wrapped and addressed to the Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. An
eyewitness said no casualty was recorded.
Briefing reporters on the incident, the Post-Master
General (PMG) of the Federation, Ibrahim Mori Baba, who said the parcel was
planted last Friday by a man he described as insane, could not confirm if it
was a bomb. He said he would allow the security operatives to determine if what
was defused was a bomb.
The Post-Master General said: “On Friday, a man
came into the post office premises. We didn’t know whether he was sane or
insane. “He wanted to go inside the post office, but, unfortunately for him,
the gate was locked. He left the so-called parcel at the main gate. I described
it as so-called parcel because there are processes that have to be followed
before a parcel can be accepted.
“The processes are that we will weigh the parcel
and determine how much the sender will pay. We will also examine it in your
presence. We will bring out the content to ensure that what you are about to
send is not an explosive. The content of what you want to send will be shown.
“In this case, the man left the parcel at the gate,
went inside, bought stamps and pasted them on it to indicate that the parcel
has gone through the normal process. But it did not go through the normal
process. The man just wanted to deceive people that he had processed it and we
should deliver it. The parcel was not processed.
The police came, examined the parcel and found that
it was a bomb.” Baba alleged that the parcel was addressed to the Minister of
Finance, Mrs. Okonjo- Iweala.
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