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Bomb blast in Abuja, kills 2, injures 19‏

By The Guardian
03 October 2015   |   10:45 am
A bomb blast on Friday evening in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) has killed two persons and injured 19. Mr Ishaya Chonoko, Coordinator of NEMA Abuja operations, who confirmed the figure, said the corpses of the two dead persons and one critically injured person were taken to the Asokoro general…

A bomb blast on Friday evening in Nyanya, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory ( FCT) has killed two persons and injured 19.

Mr Ishaya Chonoko, Coordinator of NEMA Abuja operations, who confirmed the figure, said the corpses of the two dead persons and one critically injured person were taken to the Asokoro general hospital.

He said that the remaining 18 persons were receiving treatment at the Nyanya general hospital.

“We have confirmed that 18 persons, who sustained injuries, are receiving treatment at the Nyanya General hospital.

“Two persons that were confirmed dead were taken to the Asokoro General hospital,”he said.

Chonoko said that another blast, that earlier took place in Kuje Area council of the FCT, also recorded 13 dead and 20 injured.

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu also confirmed the bomb blasts.

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