NEMA confirms 20 dead, 41 injured in Abuja explosions, Nigeria.

Abuja October blast
National Emer­gency Manage­ment Agency (NEMA), yes­terday said that 15 per­sons lost their lives in the twin bomb blasts that rocked the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Friday night.

In a statement, the Se­nior Information Officer of the agency, Mr Sani Datti, confirmed seven persons dead in Nyan­ya, while 21 were injured. But in Kuje, 13 persons lost their lives and 20 were in­jured.

According to him, the 41 injured persons were evacu­ated to Nyanya and Asokoro General hospitals as well as National Hospital, Abuja.
Meanwhile, doctors at the hospital yesterday battled to save the life of a seventh month baby and thirteen others who sustained vari­ous degrees of injury in the bomb blasts.

Meanwhile the spokes­man of the hospital, Dr Tayo Haastrup confirmed the casualty figures to jour­nalists. He also said the hos­pital would be ready to hand over corpses to well identi­fied relatives of the dead by Monday.

He said, “For now, nine bodies from both the Nyan­ya and the Kuje bomb blasts have been deposited in our hospital. Also, 13 people who were brought alive with various degrees of in­jury are also in our hospital.

“The good thing is that those who were injured are under stable health condi­tion and are currently being treated. “By Monday or so, we will open the mortuary and call people to come and identify their loved ones,” Haastrup said.