A suspected Boko Haram member was arrested while attempting to
detonate an explosive at the Centrex unit of the Nigerian Airspace Management
Agency (NAMA), at the international wing of the airport.
According to information gathered, the suspect was able to
gain access under the guise that he was a physically-challenged, which truly he
is.
Security men of the agency, sensing his unusual movement
while trying to press an object, got him apprehended, upon which he was caught
with an explosive detonator.
The suspect was then taken to the Beesam police station,
Airport command, where he is currently undergoing interrogation.
Reacting to the incident, NAMA refuted that the suspected
bomber was arrested at one of the its facilities at the international wing of
the airport.
According to a statement by its General Manager, Public
Affairs, Supo Atobatele, the suspect was making phone calls on the airport
road, close to CENTREX, an annex office of NAMA, when he was apprehended by
security personnel.
“The basic truth, however, is that the said suspect was on
the ground making calls when the agency’s security personnel accosted him.
“His incoherent explanation exposed him to the security
personnel who later found on him some devices suspected to be explosives,” the
statement read.
The Managing Director of NAMA, Mr Ibrahim Abdulsalam, in his
reaction, commended the security personnel for their vigilance.
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