For the second time in 24 hours, police in Kaduna have diffused another bomb planted in Rigasa community in Igabi Local Government Area of the state.
Experts from the State Command anti-bomb squad diffused an object suspected to be an Improvised Explosive Device at the same community, a few kilometers away from Rigasa Train Station.
This latest one has caused fears and confusion among residents of the area.
The object was deposited in a jerry can, covered with black nylon, was discovered by children precisely on Shanono Road in the community on Friday.
A resident who refused to give his name said the black nylon was found near a stream.
“Residents of Shanono area of Rigasa community in Igabi Local Government Area of the state discovered the improvised Explosives Device on Friday, barely 24 hours after an IED concealed in a bucket was found in the community.
“It was placed very close to a stream in the community. It was kept at the same spot where the Thursday IED was discovered. We don’t know what is happening in this community.
“It was my elder’s brother’s wife rushed to inform me that the children found another bomb inside a jerrycan. Security agencies were deployed in the area,” the source said.
The state Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammad Jalige, said men of the anti-bomb squad of the command had been deployed to the area and that the bomb had been successfully defused.
“Be more vigilant wherever you are in the state,” Jalige said.
