The Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase, on Thursday, October 22, warned Nigerians against picking up Ipad, phones or laptops not belonging to them as terrorists now use the aforementioned items to manufacture bombs.
The Police IG spoke through a statement by police spokeperson Olabisi Kolawole.
In other developments, the police yesterday paraded the suspects accused of being part of the gang that bombed Abuja suburb of Kuje and Nyanya at the Federal Special Anti-Robbery Squad (FSARS) Headquarters in Abuja. Explosive materials recovered from them were also showcased.
Items recovered from them include: “Engineering textbooks, laptops, phone, face mask, funnel, text tubes, Ipad, 2 number plates, gloves, 27 pieces of detonators, and aluminium powder.
Other items are: “Hexomine, hydrogene peroxide, sulphur powder, sodium azide plus nitrate, iron 11 oxide, soldering wire, sugar, litmus paper, sodium carbonate, thermometre, chlorate, filter paper, strings, potassium chlorate, 12 ready-made Improvised Explosives Devices(IED), and a full bag of fertilizer”.