by S’ola Filani
The Kano Police command have discovered 13 high-calibre Improvised Explosive Devices planted in a mosque in Nassarawa Local Government Area of Kano State.
The Commissioner of Police, Mr Aderenle Shinaba, disclosed this to journalists in Kano on Friday.
He said the explosives were discovered at about 1.30p.m. in a rickety car parked in the mosque.
“When we got the information, we quickly moved in to the place and in the course of screening the vehicle, our anti-bomb squad discovered the explosives.
“The explosives were primed to explode when the Juma’at prayer is going on and they can destroy a whole neighborhood because they are of high calibre,” he said.
Shinaba commended the people of Kano for the timely information they gave to the police which saved the situation.
The Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, Musa Majiya on the other hand, said if the explosives had went off, it would have led to the death of no fewer than 130 people.
He, however, said one of the explosives detonated itself, but killed no one.
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