Information at the disposal of the Nigerian Tribune’s sources revealed that some groups, whose intent was to embarrass the Federal Government, attempted to blow up the Kaduna bridge, which carries some installations of the NNPC and the Pipeline Products Management Company (PPMC).
According to sources, those behind the dastardly act had imported what was described as heavy duty bombs and strategically placed them under the bridge.
It was further learnt that the perpetrators, however, recruited some youths who did not know how to detonate the heavy objects.
“There was actually an attempt to blow up the Kaduna bridge recently,” said a source who revealed that some persons who were behind the act were arrested and that they confessed to being confused on how to detonate the object.
A source said: “There was an earlier attempt to bomb a NNPC pipeline which runs under the Kaduna bridge recently. The object was discovered by the SSS and the police bomb unit was called in. Those so far arrested confessed that they could not handle the type of the bomb and that it was too sophisticated for them to detonate.
“Military experts were then invited from Abuja and they were able to remove the object. The government has been made to understand that the aim of the attack was to cripple supply of petroleum products to Kaduna Refinery since the bridge would have collapsed. Supply of Petroleum products to the north would also have been affected to the extent that the government would be discredited.”
Sources also said that three persons had so far been arrested in connection with last week’s mystery blast in Kaduna, whose origin is still being investigated.
While some victims of the blast described it as bomb, authorities are not clear yet as to whether the blast emanated from some other equipment.
“Three young men have been arrested on the Kaduna blast and they are being quizzed by the operatives,” a source said.
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