Many years after the Nigeria civil war ended, the Enugu State Police Command has said it had successfully evacuated suspected a leftover bomb in Oji River community.

Oji River axis of the state was a battle field during the Nigeria–Biafra civil war that ended in January nineteen seventy.

Police Public Relations Officer, Ebere Amaraizu, said the successful operation was carried out on July twenty-one, saying the Explosive Ordinance Unit of the Enugu State Police Command had successful evacuated an object suspected to be unexploded ordinance,bomb, which was used during the civil war.

Amaraizu, a Superintendent of Police, said the object was found at a farmland called Amaetiti in Oji River community within Oji River Local Government Area, saying an expert analysis indicates that the civil war bomb leftover had not been detonated and was of a high calibre.

He advised members of the public not to tamper with similar objects seen or discovered during farming, building or road constructions.

The Spokesman directed that such finding should be reported promptly to the nearest police station or call the command’s control room number on 08032003702, 08075390883, 08086671202 and 08098880172 for prompt and necessary action.