About nine persons have been confirmed dead in the bomb explosion that rocked Nyanya, an outskirts of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja on Thursday evening.
Sources further confirmed that another eleven persons were believed to be unconscious as a result of the explosion, which occurred few metres away from the Nyanya Motor Park where a similar blast killed over 70 persons on April 14.
In a joint statement by Emmanuel Okeh, the Head of Public Relations of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NCSDC, and Manzo Ezekiel, the Press Officer of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, the agencies said that those injured are receiving treatment in different hospitals in Abuja.
“While security agencies have condoned the area of an explosion this evening in Nyanya Abuja, response agencies have moved injured victims to hospitals and at least nine lifeless bodies have been deposited in the mortuary while 11 unconscious victims are receiving medical attention in different hospitals in Abuja.
“Other injured victims too are being attended to. The public are urged to cooperate with security agencies and avoid rushing to the scene to guard against hampering the efforts of the various agencies working together to ensure public safety,” the statement claimed.
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