Abuja explosion: NEMA releases more casualty details

Asokoro General hospital received the highest number of Nyanya bomb blast victims.

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, has provided a breakdown of the casualties of the explosion that rocked a populous motor park in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, on Monday morning.

The agency’s released figures tallies with that of the police, although witnesses said the casualty figure was higher. NEMA said 71 people have so far died from the explosion.

In a statement by its Senior Information Officer, Sani Batti, NEMA said Asokoro General Hospital received the highest number of casualties and injured persons from the explosion.

Mr. Batti said that the Director General of NEMA, Mohammed Sidi, visited some of the hospital where the injured victims are receiving treatment.

Maitama General Hospital had the second largest number of victims while Garki Hospital received only one injured person.

The Nigerian Police had earlier confirmed that at least 71 people died in the bomb explosion.

The site of the explosion was visited by President Goodluck Jonathan, the security service chiefs and the National Chairman of the Peoples’ Democratic Party, PDP, Adamu Mu’azu.

Mr. Jonathan, expressing his condolence to the families of the bereaved, said the government will do everything necessary to ensure that the country moves forward despite the activities of those who preferred to move the country backwards. 

 

Hospital		Injured victims		Death
Abuja Clinic		4		-
Nyanya General  Hospital		11		-
Customs Hospital, Karu		14		1
Asokoro		25		27
Maitama Hospital		27		14
Wuse General  Hospital		10		15
National Hospital Abuja		25		14
Garki hospital		1		-
Medical Centre, Maraba		7		-
Total		124		71

Abuja explosion: NEMA releases more casualty details