No mass burial for Nyanya blast victim - FG

•Bala Mohammed

•Bala Mohammed, former FCT Minister

•Bala Mohammed: FCT Minister
•Bala Mohammed: FCT Minister

Senator Bala Mohammed, FCT Minister has said there would be no mass burial for victims of Monday’s explosion in Nyanya, Abuja.

Mohammed said that the corpses of the victims would be released to their families. He said this while speaking to journalists after visiting some victims of the blast at Asokoro District Hospital in Abuja.

He said the corpses would be released to their owners without any delay after proper identification. “We will give them befitting burial they deserved. There will be no mass burial but we will do everything possible so that they will be identified by their relations,” he stated.

He added that the six-month old baby who survived the blast, and receiving treatment at the Asokoro hospital, would be re-united with her mother, who is also receiving treatment at Wuse District Hospital.

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He said FCTA would foot the medical bills of all those injured in the unfortunate incident and directed the FCT Secretary of Health, Dr Ademola Onakomaiya, to refer serious cases to specialist hospitals.

He condemned the attack and described it as wicked and heartless.

Onakomaiya told the minister that one more victim died this morning at the Wuse District Hospital, bringing the number of the dead to 72, although some media reports claim that six persons died today.

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