Twenty-seven years after the death of Publisher of Newswatch, Dele Giwa, through a letter bomb, a similar incident occurred Monday under the Festac link bridge in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos, which left chairman of the local Dredgers Association dead.
The Police bomb disposal unit and security personnel at the scene of the explosion, under the Festac link bridge along Amuwo Odofin in Lagos Photo: Biodun Ogunleye
Although there were different versions as to how the late Chief Oladele Pius was killed, but vanguard reliably gathered that he was handed a letter by an unknown persons at about 11am,shortly after he resumed work.
Barely had the unknown visitor left than the Chief Oladele attempted to open the letter ,only for an explosion which rocked the entire area occurred, killing him on the spot.
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