Court to arraign Abuja blast masterminds

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Channel: TV360 Nigeria · 2015 · News & Politics

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The Nigeria Police Force says it has completed the court arraignment of five suspects in the October 2, twin bombings in Kuje and Nyanya areas of Abuja.
Speaking in his office at the Force Headquarters, Abuja,  Inspector General of Police Solomon Arase said, after careful and discreet investigations into the recent bombings that took place in the outskirts of Abuja, the Nigeria Police Force presented the suspects to the Federal High Court in Abuja for prosecution.

At least 18 people were killed after the multiple bomb explosions went off in the Nigerian capital.
The first two struck Kuje township: one by a suicide bomber near a police station and the other a bomb at a market.
Another bomb exploded at a bus stop at Nyanya, a settlement in the outskirt of the Nigerian capital.
Speaking on how the five suspects were apprehended, the Police Inspector General said they were arrested at Karamajiji Village along Airport Road, Abuja.

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