Lagos – Pandemonium broke out on Monday at the Seme Border, in Badagry, Lagos State, after an item suspected to be a bomb was discovered in a garage near the checkpoint of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS).

Briefing the press in Lagos, the Lagos State Police Command spokesman, SP Jaiyeoba Joseph, said that
following an alarm raised on the discovery at about 4 a.m., a police officer immediately alerted officials of the Police Bomb Disposal Unit at the border.

Joseph said that a preliminary examination of the bag revealed that it contained a world clock, two batteries and wires, as well as a well-wrapped iron suspected to be a fuel pump.

He said that officials of the Police Bomb Disposal Unit explained that the contents of the bag could not explode like a bomb, and should ordinarily not cause any alarm.

The spokesman said that officials of the Police Anti-Bomb Disposal Unit planned to meet soon with all the security agencies operating at the border on the issue.

Joseph advised Lagos residents to remain vigilant and to report any suspicious items in their neighbourhoods to the police. (NAN)