The Rivers State Police Command has alerted residents of Kporghor Community in Tai Local Government Area of the state and its environs to the planned destruction of expired explosive materials by Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited.
The police said the materials, which are in the custody of the company, had been examined by relevant experts and confirmed to have expired.
The command, therefore, urged residents of Kporghor Community and the general public not to panic if they hear loud explosions during the exercise, assuring them that all necessary precautionary measures had been put in place to prevent any danger.
The spokesperson for the state Police Command, ASP Blessing Agabe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday night.
Agabe said the exercise would be carried out from Wednesday to Friday this week by a team of Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (EOD-CBRN) operatives.
