Nigeria: Army has no plan to move weapons dump

Despite growing public anger, Nigeria’s army today appeared to reject a plan to move a weapons dump from the crowded Lagos suburb where more than 1,000 people are missing, feared dead, after a series of huge explosions.

Army spokesman Colonel Felix Chukwumah today said he was ‘‘not aware’’ of any plans to relocate the base, and said a decision could only be taken after a lengthy internal military inquiry.