Police Vow to Uncover Nyanya Motor Park Bombers

Posted by African Examiner Latest Headlines, News Monday, April 14th, 2014

The Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Abubakar, has vowed to bring to Justice the perpetrators of the horrific Monday morning attack at a motor park in Nyanya, a suburb of about 20 kilometers from the Federal Capital Territory Abuja,

Nigeria’s police boss, MD Abubakar

The police boss stated this while he visited the venue of the attack to access the extent of the damage.

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.

In a statement signed by Force PRO, Frank Mba, 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.

He 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.

The statement added that 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.