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By Omowaleola
Oladitan
Nigeria Politics
Online
Mon Aug 29,2011

The Inspector
General of
Police Hafeez
Ringim today
confirmed that
some suspects
have been
arrested in
connection with
Friday’s bombing
of the United
Nations’
building in
Abuja.
The bomb blast
has been
confirmed to
have killed at
least 18 people
with fears that
more may have
been blown in
the building.
The bombing of
the UN building
in Abuja, with
responsibility
apparently being
claimed by local
extremist group
Boko Haram, it
is the first
such attack
aimed at an
international
organization.
The IG was not
specific on the
number of those
already arrested
and how far the
police has gone
in its
investigations.
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