Rivers State Police Command has announced that approval has been
granted to Halliburton Oil Services Company in Trans Amadi, Port
Harcourt to render safe and destroy some expired explosive materials in
the company.
According to Ahmad Muhammad, a Deputy Superintendent of Police, DSP,
the Police Command Public Relations Officer, “the exercise will be
executed by the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit otherwise known as
Anti-Bomb Squad of the Command on Thursday December 17, 2015 and Friday
December 18, 2015 between 8:00am – 4:00pm daily at the Police Training
School, Nonwa-Tai.”
The police enjoined members of the public, particularly residents of
Nonwa-Tai in Tai Local Government Area not to panic should they hear the
deafening sounds from the exercise.
Nonwa-Tai is the host community to the police training college in the state.
Approved explosives are used for seismic operations by oil
exploration companies to scout for potential crude oil and gas deposits.A
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