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...AS ARMY BEGINS DISPOSAL AT AJILETE RANGE By Okosun Dennis Two weeks after bomb experts drawn from the Nigerian Army Engineers began "Exercise Clean Sweep'' at the epicentre of the 2002 bomb blast, 479 Unexploded Ordnances (UXOs) have been recovered, People and Power Magazine online exclusively reports. However, a statement from the Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, 81 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Olabisi Olalekan Ayeni on Tuesday disclosed that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, will on Friday flag off the disposal of recovered UXOs...

...VOWS NEVER TO HAPPEN AGAIN By Okosun Dennis Twenty-one years, nine months after the unfortunate incident of the bomb blast at Ikeja Military Cantonment, the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja has flagged off "Exercise Clean Sweep" met to disinfect and clear all unexploded Ordnances at the epicentre. The flag-off took place on Tuesday, at the epicentre in Ikeja Cantonment, which has since been cordoned off. "EXERCISE CLEAN SWEEP" took off at the site of the 28th January 2002 Bomb Blast from today, 10th October, to 10th...