{"id":68609,"date":"2019-08-23T06:39:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-23T05:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68609"},"modified":"2019-08-23T06:39:21","modified_gmt":"2019-08-23T05:39:21","slug":"police-recovers-10-civil-war-bombs-in-anambra-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/police-recovers-10-civil-war-bombs-in-anambra-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Police recovers 10 civil war Bombs in Anambra, others"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-7455162176540297921\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">More Unexploded Ordinances (UXOs) planted during the Nigerian Civil War<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">have been located and successfully recovered from Anambra, Imo and Delta<br \/>\nStates, the police said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>The recent recoveries, which were executed by the Explosives Ordinance<br \/>\nDisposal (EOD) Command of the Nigeria Police, were discovered mostly by<br \/>\nbuilders while digging foundations, Police Commissioner Maikudi Shehu<br \/>\ntold reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Shehu, who was in Lagos for the CP EOD&#8217;s third quarter conference with<br \/>\nsenior officers, base\/unit commanders said, the UXOs were recovered and<br \/>\ndemobilised between May and this month.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;The successes recorded over this period are in the area of<br \/>\nUXOs which were left after the civil war.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We recovered some of them in Imo, Anambra and Delta States within this<br \/>\nperiod.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;They were discovered by builders while digging foundations and they<br \/>\nquickly noticed the police.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We had to move in quickly to see how we will secure those things and<br \/>\ndemobilise them without any injury to members of the public.<br \/>\n&#8220;We also ensured we did it quietly to avoid causing panic among the<br \/>\npeople. About 10 incidents were recorded and we successfully recovered,<br \/>\ndemobilised those UXOs.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is need for us to continue to upgrade and ensure that our<br \/>\ntechnicians receive the best training to stay ontop of their game for<br \/>\nthe safety of the people.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We advise people not to touch anything they find looking suspicious but<br \/>\nshould quickly alert the nearest police station so that EOD experts<br \/>\nwould be dispatched to inspect, recover and diffuse such objects if they<br \/>\nare harmful.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"conversation-footer\" class=\"spacer\"><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>More Unexploded Ordinances (UXOs) planted during the Nigerian Civil War have been located and successfully recovered from Anambra, Imo and Delta States, the police said on Thursday. 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