The police in Borno on Friday recovered eight unexploded ordnances from the Dala and Gwange areas of Maiduguri.
This is contained in a statement issued by the Deputy Public Relations Officer, Grace Michael.
The police said that the recoveries were made following a distress call about some unidentified objects suspected to be explosive ordnance seen clustered near an uncompleted building in Dala-Abuja Talakawa Area, Maiduguri.
“Our Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) Base 13 team responded swiftly, recovering six projectiles and one unexploded mortar bomb, which were safely relocated to a secure site.
“Later that day, at about 1 p.m., another report was received from the Gwange area regarding a suspicious object along the riverbank. The EOD-CBRN team was deployed to the scene and recovered an unexploded hand grenade.
“Preliminary investigations suggest that the ordnance were displaced and washed ashore by…