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Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have foiled a bomb attempt, arrested six suspects and recovered Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) components and other exhibits in Akure, the state capital.
The state’s commissioner of police, Adebowale Lawal, disclosed this during a news conference in Akure on Thursday.
He identified the suspects as 56-year-old Adekunle Prosper, 39-year-old Ojo Olumide, 40-year-old Tope Kolawole, 40-year-old Ahmed Salihu, 46-year-old Bolaji Adebowale and 43-year-old Gbadebo Abidemi. The suspects were arrested on Wednesday.
According to Lawal, intelligence uncovered that the suspects had recently rented an apartment in the Oke-Odu Area of Akure, which they used as a base for their activities.
Lawal said police operatives recovered a cache of items, including 217 bottles, bags of sugar and criminal charms, from the suspects’ apartment.
“Other items include 17 mobile phones, the sum of N187,000, two HP laptops, eight slings, one knife, an external hard drive, two identity cards, one National Identity Number (NIN) card, two motorcycles, among others,” said Lawal.
“Preliminary assessments indicate that some of these materials were intended for the construction of explosive devices, while others may have been used to facilitate coordinated criminal activities.”
He added that the suspects engage in assembling IEDs allegedly intended for deployment on government infrastructures, with indications that their operations may extend beyond Akure to other regions in Nigeria.
Lawal also advised homeowners and property managers to conduct thorough background checks on prospective tenants before renting out their apartments to prevent such premises from being used as criminal hideouts or operational bases.
