ABRAKA, Nigeria, Rabi'I 30, 1438, Dec 29, 2016, SPA -- Nigerian police announced Thursday they have foiled a plot to bomb a bustling bridge in Lagos, the country's commercial hub, recovering explosives and arresting a leader of oil militants, according to AP. A police statement said Abiodun Amos, described as an explosives expert, was hunted down to a riverbank hideout with two assault rifles on Nov. 2. One of the people he then mentioned to police escaped from a brush with officers on Monday, but two boxes of explosives and 125 detonators were found in the abandoned car, the statement said. "The attack that would have been a major devastating and colossus damage to Lagos state and Nigeria was averted," the police statement said. The 12-kilometer (7.5-mile) Third Mainland Bridge is usually crammed with traffic. --SPA 14:46 LOCAL TIME 11:46 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w300844