COAS kicks off exercises to clear unexploded explosives in Lagos - Gatmash

Exercise to last for 61 days

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has ordered the clearance of unexploded explosive ordnance at the site of the 2002 bomb blast, which occurred at the Nigerian Army Cantonment, Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos State.

The COAS, during the flag-off of three training exercises at the cantonment, inaugurated ‘Exercise Clean Sweep’ with the objective to “completely disinfect the epicentre of the Ikeja bomb blast and clear it of all verified and suspected remaining unexploded explosive ordnances lying around the cantonment.”

This was disclosed on Tuesday, October 10, by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu.

The army chief pointed out that initial clearance operations in 2002 ensured some degree of safety in the cantonment and its environment.

However, Lagbaja noted that the recent discovery of some UEO at the site of the blast “raised the need for the Nigerian Army to carry out a follow-up clearance exercise in the cantonment and its environment.”

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