Explosive Device Recovered From Beer Parlour In Kaduna

An Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) kept in a beer parlour near the Kaduna -Abuja highway has been recovered by the Kaduna State Police Command.

Naija News learnt that the device was found in the beer parlour where football lovers were watching the match between Liverpool and Chelsea football clubs at about 9 pm on Sunday.

The beer parlour owner immediately alerted the police, who arrived and secured the scene.

“When the owner of the beer parlour sighted the suspected object that evening, he moved it to a nearby motor mechanic workshop,” a local said.

“But security man attached to the workshop moved the object farther away to the back of the workshop.

“On Monday, the owner of the beer parlour, called the attention of the police who came with bomb-detecting experts and neutralised the object and moved it away to their office.

“I saw the object wrapped in a black bag with a battery connected to it, the kind of battery motorcycle uses. But this morning being Monday, the Kaduna State Commissioner of police came with some of his men who are bomb experts and removed the object,” he said.

The State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan visited the scene of the incident, advising the owner of the beer parlour to scale up personal security in the area.

He said the State government would continue to beef up security in Kaduna State.

Owner of the beer parlour, Larry Nuhu said that, “What happened yesterday (Sunday evening) at 9.30 or thereabout was that one of my staff rushed to call me and told me that one man came with a bag and suddenly he dropped the bag in the beer parlour and left.”