‘DICON Explosion Not Sabotage But Safety Lapse’, Says Security Expert

General Manager of Beacon Security and Intelligence, Kabir Adamu, has ruled retired sabotage successful the caller detonation astatine the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), attributing the incidental to information issues.

Speaking connected Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily connected Monday, Adamu explained that preliminary indications showed that the blast was the effect of mishandling of expired limb components alternatively than a deliberate enactment of destruction.

“From each indications, what happened was not a sabotage but a information explosion. The fig of fatalities were debased and I similar the mode the authorities handled it,” helium said.

Adamu further noted that portion the incidental was regrettable, it reflected the inherent risks associated with ammunition and explosives management.

He explained that the detonation occurred successful a decomposition pit wherever expired materials were being decommissioned.

“What happened could person been prevented, but arsenic we know, these are materials that are components for assembling antithetic kinds of weapons, including ammonium nitrates,” helium said.

The information adept linked the accrued accumulation activities astatine DICON to the national government’s thrust to boost section arms manufacturing capacity.

According to him, President Bola Tinubu’s medication has expanded section limb accumulation by astir 40 percent, a determination helium praised arsenic a measurement toward self-sufficiency and imaginable export opportunities.

“Some of america person commended President Tinubu for expanding our accumulation of weaponry by 40 percent truthful that the wealth utilized for importation volition spell into thing other and we tin commencement selling to different countries—some nations are already indicating interest,” Adamu stated.

However, helium stressed that specified enlargement besides comes with heightened risks, underscoring the request for strict adherence to information and disposal protocols.

He urged Nigerians to await the findings of the investigative committee acceptable up to probe the detonation earlier drafting last conclusions.

“Until the committee comes up with a study to accidental ‘this is what happened,’ it volition beryllium a spot hard to categorically authorities the nonstop cause,” helium added.

LEADERSHIP recalls that the DICON explosion, which shook parts of Kaduna past week, sparked archetypal fears of sabotage oregon terrorism, earlier authorities clarified that it was an interior information incident.