Identify Abuja Bomber, Body
Recovered
Suspected Abuja bus park
bomber .....Photo Credit: THISDAY/
ARISE tv
By Senator Iroegbu in Abuja
The Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU) of
the Nigerian security forces may
have identified and recovered the
body of the suspected bomber,
who set-off the bomb at the Nyanya
bus park in Abuja, the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT), that led to
death of 71 persons and injured 124
others on Monday morning.
Information made available to
THISDAY from security sources
confirmed that the slightly charred
body of the bomber was identified
and recovered yesterday with the
charms and amulets he must have
used for self-protection, still
strapped to his body.
The charms and amulets are typical
of the type used by members of the
terrorist group Boko Haram.
According to security sources,
certain leads including a mobile
phone were also recovered from
his body.
Also, security forces informed
THISDAY that they are working on
two theories as to how the bomber
planted and detonated the bomb:
the first is that the bomber may
have driven a bomb-laden red
Volkswagen Golf car to the bus park
and walked away before the
explosion.
The second is that suspected
bomber may have walked into the
bus park with the bomb concealed
in a large jute bag (popularly
known in Nigeria as “Ghana-must-
go bags”), which was dropped close
to the commuter buses.
Either way, security forces said that
the suspected bomber, having
conveyed the bomb to its
destination, walked away to a
location at the bus park where he
ostensibly waited for the bomb to
explode.
But unknown to him, he did not
give enough distance between
himself and his deadly parcel and
like other innocent Nigerians that
he had set out to kill, was also
killed by the impact of the
explosion.
One security official explained that
the fact that his body was not
dismembered or charred beyond
recognition like others who were
killed instantly by the blast, might
have stemmed from the fact that he
was not as close to the epicentre of
the explosion as the commuters
who had boarded buses at the park.