Army to Detonate Unexploded Bombs Moved From Ikeja Cantonment at Ajilete on Friday

Nigerian Army will begin disposing off, the unexploded bombs evacuated from the Ikeja Cantonment, at its shooting range at Ajilete, near Qwode Yewa in Ogun State, on Friday.

It warns that the disposal of the bombs would produce a loud bang that would be heard, far off, and near Ajilete, Owode Yewa and neighboring communities.

Army spokesman, Brigadier General Onyeka Nwachukwu on his X handle on Wednesday, said the exercise would begin 10 am and ends by 4 p.m. same day.

Nwachukwu also urged residents of Owode Yewa, Ajilete and their environs not to panic during the exercise, and owners of farms to keep off during the duration of the exercise.

He said that army had taken precautionary measures to guarantee the security of lives and property in the area.

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The bomb to be disposed off, were moved from the site of the 2002 Ikeja Army Cantonment bomb explosion, which killed several people and destroyed properties in parts of Ikeja in Lagos State.

The army public relations director noted that the “detonation of the explosives would produce a loud bang that would be heard from far and near during the exercise.”

Nwachukwu appealed to “the farmers and farm owners within and around the perimeters of the Nigerian Army Shooting Range Ajilete, Owode Ogun State, to please stay clear during the period of the exercise.

The statement read, “Consequently, members of the general public, particularly residents of Owode, Ajilete and the environs are enjoined to not panic, but go about their normal and legitimate businesses, as the sound of the explosion would not raise any security concern.

“The Nigerian Army assures the general public that necessary cautionary measures have been placed to guarantee the safety of life and property throughout the duration of the exercise.”