Nigeria's police in southwest Osun State on Saturday said two men were apprehended in the Ile-Ife area of the state for possessing a substantial quantity of dynamite.
State commissioner of police Olusegun Solomon disclosed this at a news conference in Osogbo, the state capital, saying the suspects were intercepted by the squad during a stop-and-search operation in the town.
Solomon said the police apprehended the two suspects, who were travelling on a commercial motorcycle, when it was noticed that they were carrying a mysterious package.
"While the policemen were examining the substance in their possession, one of them escaped, while the second man was arrested, " he added.
"The arrested suspect, who claimed to be a water driller, could not give a legal proof or produce a licence to indicate how he came about the explosive," he said.
The police chief said the fact that one of the suspects ran away when the police intercepted them showed that they had some ulterior motives for travelling with the explosive.
Solomon said the suspects could be members of a terrorist group or a bank robbery syndicate which specialized in using dynamites during robbery operations.
source:english.cri.cn
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