By TONY EDIKE
ENUGU—BARELY a week after a bomb was discovered along Ozalla- Udi road, another bomb was reportedly found at a primary school at Amagunze, headquarters of Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State Monday night.

The bomb, according to sources, was dropped through a parachute from an unidentified aircraft at about 7 p:m, causing panic among the people of the area.

Men of the anti-bomb squad of the state police command alerted on the strange discovery, rushed to Amagunze Monday night and evacuated the explosive.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu confirmed to Vanguard yesterday that an object suspected to be bomb (explosive) was discovered in the area but it caused no harm.

He said that upon the alert received from Amagunze natives, operatives of the Anti-Bomb Squad rushed to the scene and evacuated the object before it could cause any harm.

“I can confirm that an object suspected to be an explosive  was discovered at Amagunze and the men of Anti-Bomb Squad successfully evacuated it to Enugu. It did no harm anybody before our men arrived there.

“The object will be subjected to serious analysis to enable us determine its nature and possibly the source,” the police spokesman said.
A similar explosive later identified as dynamite by bomb experts was found along Ozalla-Udu road recently.

The state Police Commissioner, Danazuni Job Doma, had while presenting the object before newsmen, said that it was set for a target  but  was luckily discovered before it could cause any harm.