… Police said, “No explosive device was found, and the schools were declared safe”.
LAGOS, NIGERIA- The iNews Times | The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Kosiso Chukwem-Nenyem over alleged bomb threat messages sent to two schools in the Ikeja Government Reserved Area (GRA), Lagos, last week.
The arrest was announced alongside the dismantling of a notorious “one-chance” robbery syndicate operating across the state, with 21 suspects apprehended in multiple locations.
Police reports indicate that at about 4:00 p.m. on January 20, 2026, the Human Resources Manager and Chief Security Officer of the affected schools (names withheld) separately reported at the Ikeja Divisional Police Headquarters that they had received threatening WhatsApp messages from the same unidentified number, claiming that explosives had been planted on the school premises.
Briefing journalists at the Command Headquarters in Ikeja, the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr. Moshood Jimoh, said officers from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Unit, Counter-Terrorism Unit (CTU), and other tactical teams were immediately deployed to the schools.
“No explosive device was found, and the schools were declared safe. Further investigations led to the arrest of Kosiso Chukwem-Nenyem, a resident of Okota, who was identified as the sender of the threat messages,” Jimoh said.
Although the suspect claimed he lost his phone in November 2025, police investigations revealed that the same phone line continued to receive calls from family members during the period the threats were sent. The SIM card was also recovered from him.
“He acted alone and intentionally sought to create fear among parents and school authorities. He will be prosecuted to the full extent of the law,” the commissioner added.
Meanwhile, the command said it recovered 25 vehicles in January 2026, including six operational vehicles used by the “one-chance” syndicate. The commissioner disclosed that eight more suspects were recently arrested, bringing the total number of suspects to 21, while four additional operational vehicles were also recovered.
