Police recover unexploded hand grenade in Borno

Operatives of the Borno State Police Command have recovered one unexploded ordnance (UXO), identified as a hand grenade, in the Moduganari area of Maiduguri.
This was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Nahum Daso, on behalf of the Commissioner of Police, CP Naziru Abdulmajid.
According to the statement, a report was received at about 12:40pm on August 15 regarding a suspected UXO found on a drainage slab in Moduganari.
Acting on the directive of the commissioner, operatives of the EOD-CBRN Base 13, Maiduguri, promptly mobilised to the scene and safely recovered the item.
“The recovered UXO has been secured for further exa...