The Nigerian Army has described as minor, the explosion that occur at the Ikeja Cantonment on Monday 1 April 2024.
This was made known in a press release signed and made available to newsmen by the Director Army Public Relations, Major General Onyema Nwachukwu.
In the statement, the explosion which was said to have occurred on a farmland near the Mammy Market , is suspected to have been triggered by the burning of refuse and other inflammable debris by a farmer who cultivated the farmland.
The statement also made known that there was no casualty, the vicinity has been cordoned off by the Nigerian Army Engineers Explosive Ordnance Disposal team for further investigation.
The Cantonment was in December 2023 certified free of unexploded ordnances after over two thousand UXOs were recovered and detonated in an operation tagged Exercise clean sweep.
Meanwhile, residents have been advised to remain calm.
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