Suspected militant planning attack on Third Mainland Bridge arrested

A suspected member of a militant group allegedly planning to blow up the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos State, has been arrested by the police in Majidun, Ikorodu area of the state 

 

 

 

The suspect, Abiodun Amos, aka Senti, was said to be a bomb expert, who had participated in several robbery attacks and kidnappings : two Ak-47 rifles concealed in a bag and a vehicle loaded with dynamite and detonators were recovered from the suspect’s hideouts around the creeks in Majidun : In his confessional statement, Amos, The 43-year-old man said his gang went into kidnapping after the bombardment of the creeks 

 

 

adding that the botched attack on the bridge was We went into bank robberies and kidnapping because we wanted to get government’s attention and all we wanted was for them to grant us amnesty and offer us pipeline protection contract 

 

 

 

We have made several appeals, but the government is not listening to us : General Ossy said if we didn’t blow up the Third Mainland Bridge, government would not listen to us. We had concluded plans and we decided to carry out the attack by November ending : I am the group’s explosive expert.  We were about going into the creek to conclude plans on how to carry out the attack when I was arrested