Police clarify cause of Lagos explosion, dismiss bomb fears

Lagos State Police Command has clarified that the incidental recorded successful the Mushin country of Lagos on Monday was a mechanical detonation and not an Improvised Explosive Device, IED, onslaught arsenic earlier speculated.

Commissioner of Police, Tijani Fatai, said elaborate investigations carried retired by information operatives recovered nary grounds linking the incidental to immoderate signifier of explosive attack.

According to the police, forensic examinations conducted astatine the country did not uncover traces of explosive substances, detonators, initiation mechanisms, explosive residues oregon different materials typically associated with weaponry explosions.

The bid explained that preliminary findings indicated that the incidental resulted from the abrupt merchandise of unit from a mechanical constituent located extracurricular the affected vehicle.

The unit added that the unit interaction caused the beforehand passenger-side solid panels of the conveyance to shatter, leaving the occupant with insignificant injuries.

Following the result of the investigation, the constabulary officially classified the occurrence ...