More details have emerged about the the failed bomb attempt at the Lagos Airport which Naijalog reported Monday.
According to new information at our disposal, the suspected suicide bomber was a cripple, who was able to gain access into the NAMA facility because he was physically challenged.
However, his unusual movement while trying to press the manual timer which would have detonated the bomb , raised the curiosity of security agents at the airport, who then apprehended him before tragedy would have struck.
The airport police command was promptly alerted and the suspect handed over to the police, who took him to Beesam Police Station, Airport Command, where he was interrogated.
In a statement made available to journalists later in the day, NAMA said it was untrue that a suspected suicide bomber was arrested at one of the agency’s facilities at the airport.
Supo Atobatela, spokesman for NAMA, said: “The basic truth, however, is that the said suspect was on the ground making phone calls along the Airport Road close to CENTREX, an annex office of NAMA, when the agency’s security personnel accosted him.
“His incoherent explanation exposed him to the security personnel who later found on him some devices suspected to be explosives. He was subsequently handed over to the Airport Police Command for further investigation.”
He said the managing director of NAMA, Engineer Ibrahim Abdulsalam, in a reaction commended the security operatives for their vigilance and prompt arrest of the suspect.