Relatives of victims of Tuesday’s blast in Yola have
besieged the Specialists Hospital, Yola, to claim the remains of their loved
ones.
Many of the relatives who spoke to the News Agency of
Nigeria said they thronged the mortuary after visiting the hospital emergency
wards and could not locate their relatives.
“Since I did not see my brother who was selling sugar cane
at the scene of the incident, I have no option but to come to the mortuary,”
said one of them, who simply gave his name as Adamu.
Another one, Habila Ibrahim, also said he checked the wards
in the specialists’ hospital and the Federal Medical Centre, Yola, before
visiting the mortuary to ascertain if his brother was among the dead.
The Chief Medical Director of the hospital, Dr Bala Sa’id,
said the hospital had received 29 bodies from the scene of the incident.
” As of yesterday night we had 29 corpses in the mortuary.
“We also have 30 people on admission with various degrees of
injury; I believe by now some of those injured are stable. We are now about to
take our rounds and make some discharges,” Sa’id said.
He said among the dead were six women and eight children.
Also speaking to NAN, the Public Relations Officer of Yola
Federal Medical Centre, Malam Adamu Dodo, said 41 casualties were taken to the
hospital, including four dead.
“One of the dead is a woman,” Dodo said.
NAN reports that the blast occurred at 8pm at a night market
in front of the Tipper Garage, Yola.
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