Photos of the underground water meter mistaken for bomb at Jabi Lake shopping mall, Abuja

Alarm
was raised after an abandoned item thought to be an Improvised
Explosive Devise (IED) was spotted under Jabi Bridge, near Shoprite mall,
Abuja on Thursday, November 9th.

Operatives
of the Police Anti-Bomb Squad arrived the scene and redirected drivers
to alternative routes after blocking the access road to the bridge. 

However, checks by bomb disposal experts revealed
it was just an abandoned food cooler.

The
FCT Police spokesman Anjuguri Manzah,who confirmed the incident said it
was a false alarm, adding that the Command deployed its men to search
the entire…