Governor Fortunate Aiyedatiwa of Ondo State has revealed that safety operatives foiled an alleged plot by 5 youths to bomb the Ondo State Authorities House a number of months in the past.
Aiyedatiwa disclosed this on Wednesday whereas talking on Channels Tv’s Politics At this time, shortly after a Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja sentenced 4 individuals to loss of life by hanging for his or her roles within the June 5, 2022 terrorist assault on Saint Francis Catholic Church, Owo.
In accordance to the governor, the suspects had assembled bomb-making supplies and different tools in a lodge the place they have been staying earlier than safety businesses acquired intelligence about their actions.
He mentioned operatives of the Nigeria Police Drive and the Ondo State Safety Community Company, codenamed Amotekun, acted on the intelligence, raided the lodge and arrested the suspects earlier than they might perform the deliberate assault.
The governor said that the suspects stay in detention.
Aiyedatiwa mentioned the group had allegedly deliberate to goal the Authorities House, though he famous that the motive behind the plot stays unclear.
He cited the incident as proof of ongoing efforts by safety businesses to deal with safety threats within the state, stressing that remoted incidents shouldn’t be interpreted as a failure of the federal government’s safety measures.
The governor’s remarks got here within the wake of renewed discussions on safety following the conviction and sentencing of 4 individuals for the 2022 Owo church assault, which left greater than 40 worshippers lifeless and over 100 others injured.
He mentioned: “We have been doing a lot. I provides you with an instance. I feel it’s about three or 4 months in the past, some youth, about 5 of them, they wanted to bomb the federal government home.
“They have been of their lodge, they didn’t transfer right into a rented house, and they have all of the tools, all of the devices.
“We bought an intelligence report, and the police, and Amotekun moved in, busted them in the home, the place they have been arrested.
“They’re nonetheless in detention proper now. Their mission was to bomb the federal government home. For what purpose? Solely God is aware of. So we’re working, like I mentioned, perhaps one incident occurred and it doesn’t imply that now we have not been working.”
