The police in Oyo State have recovered explosives on the Podo/Ijebu-Ode road in Ibadan, the state capital.
Police Commissioner Mohammed Indabawa told reporters yesterday that the explosives were recovered around 3:15am last Sunday.
He said policemen flagged down a taxi with three occupants, but the driver refused to stop.
Indabawa said: “After a hot chase, the occupants of a Nissan Sunny car painted in Ogun State’s commercial colour abandoned the vehicle and escaped into the bush.
He said his men searched the vehicle and discovered six cartons of explosive powder, two cartons of solar detonating cords and 16 bundles of 10 wires each of delay detonator wires.
The commissioner said the car had two registration numbers, Ogun-XC XFR AKM and AL 831 LUY.
He said investigations showed that the explosives were stolen from Express Quarry at Toll-Gate on August 8 and assured the people that the culprits would be apprehended.
Indabawa said a student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso, Tosin Adegbite (24), was arrested for allegedly kidnapping a two-year-old girl.
The incident occurred at Ile-Alaroje in Ogbomoso last Friday.
He said the suspect was arrested following a distress call. He said one jack knife, two rolls of cellotape, one fez cap, one cable wire, the victim’s sandals and one LAUTECH identity card were recovered from Adegbite.
Adegbite, who is studying Electrical-Electronics Engineering, said he kidnapped the girl to collect N700,000 ransom.