A ghastly tragedy was reportedly averted in Jos, Plateau State, Thursday, December 4.
Due to the timely intervention of the special military unit, an explosion was prevented, Premium Times reports.
The explosive was planted at a secondary school, Trinity College, of the state capital, said the military Special Taskforce on Jos crisis (STF).
The spokesperson of the STF, Ikedichi Iweha, a Captain in the Nigeria Army, said no casualties were recorded in the incident.
“Security agents got the information through a vigilant Nigerian who spotted the device and alert them. I want to use this avenue to appeal to all citizens to be watchful of things around them and report promptly to security agent.”
Experts disclosed that the device had the fuse lit but the bomb had been defused before it went off. According to them, the device was designed to explode within six to eight hours after it had been planted and could have claimed hundreds of lives.
The incident comes days after an explosion rocked Kano mosque killing hundreds of people, and after the suicide bombing of Maiduguri market.
A series of attacks in different towns and states caused serious anxiety among the resident and enhanced vigilance among the operatives.
Earlier om Monday a female suicide bomber was arrested in Kano over an alleged attempt to launch an attack in one of the primary schools at Dinshe neighbourhood near Kurna.
On that very day another woman was arrested. She was reportedly dressed in the Muslim Burkah with a bomb under her robe and was caught at Murtala Specialist Hospital Kano.
