FCT Minister appeals to relations of Nyanya blast to claim corpses

FCT Minister Bala Mohammed

FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed

FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed
FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed

The FCT Minister, Senator Bala Mohammed, has appealed to relatives of the 20 persons who died in the May Day Nyanya bomb blast to come forward to claim the corpses.

Mohammed made the appeal on Saturday in Abuja after visiting four FCT General Hospitals where some of the corpses were kept and the injured victims were receiving treatment.

The minister, who visited the Asokoro, Maitama, Wuse and Gwarinpa hospitals, said the morgues were overstretched.

“The FCT Administration has agreed with the police to release the corpses to the victims’ relations, because the morgues are overstretched. They need to claim them with full evidence.

“I have directed the Secretary, FCT Health Secretariat, Dr Ademola Onakomaiya, to release ambulances to carry the corpses to various destinations where they will be buried,” he said.

The minister said he was pleased that the injured victims were also being given adequate attention.

He said the patients, who are confirmed as FCT indigenes, would be given Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) services.

Mohammed said the sum of N1 million had been given as a form of support to the victims by a corporate organisation.

Meanwhile, the minister has given a seven-day ultimatum to the FCT Task Force to clear all the debris at the scene of the bomb blast.

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He also gave a three-day ultimatum to the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA) to get a conducive environment for the relocation of the park.

“I am giving seven days to the FCT Task Force to clear all the blast debris, second-hand vehicles and traders away from the Nyanya corridor. The FCDA will provide alternative place for the car dealers.

“I am happy that the Village Head of Nyanya has offered his support to point at houses whose owners had been compensated by the FCTA for demolition.”

Mohammed said also that President Goodluck Jonathan had ordered the FCT Administration (FCTA) to build standard motor parks in the territory.

“The FCTA will no longer build parks by the roadside again,” he said.

Malam Haruna Shaibu, Chief of Nyanya, advised that all areas earmarked for demolition should be removed to enable government dualise the road.

“Government has marked from the roadside to Nyanya Area `C’ and Gwagwalape for demolition.

“The General Hospital is also affected and all these affected areas should be compensated before demolishing them,” he said.

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