Army to Relocate Unexploded Bombs from Ikeja Cantonment to Ajilete in Ogun
The Nigerian Army is to begin evacuation of unexploded ordinance from the Ikeja Army cantonment in Lagos metropolis to a safer place in Ogun State.
The unexploded bombs are to be moved to an army formation in Ajilete in Ogun West.
Army Chief of Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, said they would be relocated from the site of the 2002 bomb explosion in the cantonment, which left several people dead.
The Army Chief made this known on Monday during a courtesy visit to Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu at the Lagos house, Marina, to brief him on the ongoing activities of the army week in the South West Region.
He said the relocation of the unexploded bombs was to make the cantonment safe and secured.
The governor recalling the 2002 explosion in the cantonment said it was a trying moment for the Nigerian Army.
Lagbaja also used the occasion to express his appreciation for the “tremendous support” the people and state government accorded to the Army units and formations.
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He said his visit was to inform the governor about the army’s activities to be conducted in Lagos, noting that the exercises were designed to further entrench the peace and stability enjoyed in Lagos.
“We are ushering in the last three months of the year where citizens travel across the country for festivities. We need to provide safe and secure passage for the people travelling.
Also, we have put together three security exercises to prevent any form of breaches and these will be flagged off on Tuesday in Lagos,” he said
Sanwo-Olu thanked the army for committing to the rules of engagement and professionalism in its peace mission across the country.
The governor said the army had continued to live up to the expectations of their roles as provided by the constitution, stressing that the sacrifice paid by soldiers to keep the territorial integrity and peace of the country would not go unappreciated.
“The 2002 Ikeja bomb explosion was a trying moment for the army, given the magnitude of the damage. But the event never weakened the resolve of the military.
Lagos State government is committed to ensuring that the army gets all the necessary support for your security operations.”
The governor assured the army boss that the state government would rebuild a military primary school in Orile demolished for the construction of Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
He sought for the cooperation of the military personnel in restoring sanity back to the Lagos-Badagry corridor, where the state government has been clearing illegal shanties built along the expressway.
