In a swift reaction to the Monday morning, 14th
April, 2014 blast at a motor park in Nyanya, a suburb of about 30 kilometres
from the Federal Capital Territory Abuja, the Inspector-General of Police, IGP
MD Abubakar, CFR, NPM, mni, psc has visited the scene of the explosion where he
assessed the extent of damage and the impact on the surrounding environment. He
urged the citizens and the international community to remain calm and vigilant
as the Police and other security agencies are stepping up measures to uncover
the authors of the crime and avoid a reoccurrence of this unfortunate incident.
The IGP further noted that security agents have
relentlessly worked round the clock with significant success to stave off such
attacks on the Federal Capital and the entire country at large and therefore
reassured Nigerians and foreign nationals that security agencies will do
anything possible to further strengthen the security within and beyond Federal
Capital Territory (FCT). Consequently, the IGP has placed Police operatives on
red alert. He has equally ordered the Police to intensify surveillance on all
vulnerable targets within Abuja.
Meanwhile, the Police, supported by other law
enforcement agencies, have commenced a full-scale investigation into the
incident with the deployment of the Police Anti-Bomb Squad and other detectives
to the scene with the view to solving the crime.
Regrettably, seventy-one (71) persons have been
confirmed dead while one hundred and twenty-four (124) persons sustained
various degrees of injuries.
While commiserating with the families of the victims
of the blasts, the IGP called on the members of the public to go about their
normal businesses without fear and to cooperate with the Police by providing
useful information in order to ensure that the perpetrators of this dastardly
act are brought to book.
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