Bomb blasts: 26 victims still receiving treatment in hospitals – NEMA

The National Emergency Management Agency has said 26 of the 39 victims of the Nyanya and Kuje bomb blasts in Abuja are still receiving treatment in hospitals across the Federal Capital Territory.

Ishaya Chonoko, the Coordinator of NEMA, Abuja Operations, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja on Monday that the remaining 13 persons had been treated and discharged.

Chonoko said there were no fresh cases of injury or death from the Friday blasts.

NAN recalls that 20 persons were injured in Kuje and 19 in the Nyanya and Kuje bomb blasts on October 2.

Chonoko said the agency had no report on any hospital that had refused to treat the victims, contrary to some media reports.

He said the names of such hospitals should be forwarded to the agency for appropriate action.

He said: “We have not had such cases and any one with facts should come forward and the agency will take appropriate action,” he said.

NAN recalls that 15 and five persons lost their lives in the Kuje and Nyanya bomb blasts respectively.

NAN.