Speaking in an interviewat Asokoro General Hospital yesterday, Emmanuel Jeremiah, elder brother to one of the victims, James who led other members of his extended family said, 'James lived at Ado, along Nyanya-Keffi Road in Nassarawa State.
'My brother was aged 43. I was in the village when I was told that he was among the victims of the blast. I came this afternoon all the way from Zango Kataf Local Government Area in Kaduna State. He was returning home from work when the incident happened. He had a wife and three children.'
Another relative to the late James who identified himself simply as Elkanah explained that ' it was James' wife who called him to complain that after she heard the news of the bomb explosion, she called her husband's phone lines but he didn't pick his calls.'
According to him:' It was later that a male voice answered and told us that James was a victim of the bomb blast at Nyanya. The male voice advised us to go round the hospitals in Abuja to find out where he had been taken to.'
Commenting on the security situation in Abuja, Elkanah who lives in Abuja said the second bomb blast at Nyanya made him to feel unsafe in the city. His words: 'I think that the security situation in Abuja has become something to be worried about. Something needs to be done to cope with the security situation and it has to be done fast.'
In response to a reporter's question, he said, ' Nobody can really say why terrorists are bombing Abuja. All I know is that these insurgents don't mind who they kill; they are not bothered by who comes their way.'
According to the Medical Director of Asokoro General Hospital, Dr. Abubakar Ahmadu, about 11 corpses who were victims of the blast were deposited at the hospital's mortuary last Thursday. He further stated that the hospital received a total of 26 injured victims and transferred 10 to other hospitals within the federal capital city. They include the public hospitals at Wuse, Maitama and Gwarimpa.
The Public Relations Officer of National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Mr Sani Deki confirmed there was a total of 19 casualties as a result of the bomb blast. He further stated that 60 injured persons were admitted in various hospitals for treatment while six had been discharged.
No fewer than 19 suspected Boko Haram insurgents were killed in a gun battle with security forces in Gwoza local government area of Borno state on Thursday.
The incident which lasted for about three hours happened when the militants stormed a security check point mounted by the military, leading to a fierce shoot-out.
A resident of the area who declined identification told newsmen on phone that the attackers, believed to have emerged from the Gwoza hills, took the soldiers unawares when they appeared from different directions.
The source explained that the invaders threw several Improvised Explosive Devices, (IEDs) into the direction of the military, before opening fire.
'But the insurgents suffered serious casulaties as 19 of them were killed in an encounter with combined team of military and policemen attached to the Counter Terrorism Squad (CTS), who were quickly mobolised to the scene of the attack.
'I cannot say if there was casualty recorded from the side of security personnel because we were not allowed access to the scene till the following day when soldiers displayed corpses of the insurgents killed in the incident and asked everyone to come and catch a glimpse ', the resident said.
According to him, 'by mere looking at all the slain terrorists, they were between the ages of 15 and 17.
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