Bomb Threat on Shoprite Lagos and Enugu

LAGOS

The Lagos State Police Command, Thursday, said it had begun investigation into threat by some unknown person to blow up Shoprite offices in the state.

Info gathered that an unknown person sent a text message informing owner of Shoprite of his group’s intention to blow up all Shoprite shops in Nigeria.

Although the unknown sender did not state the reason, but he disclosed that already, members of his group had planted  some explosives in some packs of fruit juice at Shoprite  VI branch.

The text message caused panic as customers reportedly fled the entire mall  while motorists deserted the route, with text messages sent to loved ones around the vicinity to avoid the route.

It was even rumoured that there was a bomb explosion around the area.

Part of the text message read: “It is true, we do not deserve amnesty.  You’ll even be surprised  how I got your number. We came to Shoprite on a mission to drop a bomb. That day, we sow bullet into Five Alive packs. We are from Niger. Someone gave us your number from Abuja. We will make sure we destroy every Shoprite…”

But sources at the Lagos State Police Command told Vanguard that investigation had begun to ascertain the identity of the sender. Although sources dismissed the text message as mere threat but said the command would still go ahead with its investigation.

ENUGU

The bomb scare rocking many parts of Nigeria took its toll on the Shoprite Shopping Mall, Enugu on Thursday, forcing shop owners to shut doors against customers.

It took the swift intervention of the Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mohamed Abubakar Adamu for normalcy to return to the Mall.

In a press statement issued after the Commissioner’s visit to the Mall, he urged members of the public to always know the type of information they pass to their friends and relations in order to avoid unnecessary panic and chaos in their environment.


 
The press statement, which was signed by the police spokesman in the state, DSP, Ebere Amaraizu, affirmed that the Commissioner visited the mall with his Key officers “to re assure the operatives of the mall on their security”.

He said it was against the information widely spread by yet to be identified people that the shopping mall was no longer safe for business leading to an alleged bomb scare in the shoprite.

“Meanwhile, security has been beefed up at the Shoprite mall with men of anti bomb squad of the Enugu state police command sweeping all the premises with their anti explosive apparatus”.

At the moment, business activities have resumed in the shopping mall.


Dailypost,Vanguard