Jos Twin Bomb Blasts Survivor Narrates His Near Death Experience

Posted by George on Tue 07th Jul, 2015 - tori.ng

A twin bomb blast which hit the city of Jos on Sunday,4th of July has reportedly claimed the lives of 44 victims while 47 others have been critically injured. A survivor gives an emotional narration of his ordeal.

The people of Jos will not forget in a hurry the effect of the recent twin bomb blasts which rocked the city a day ago killing a reported 44 people and injuring 47.

A survivor, Mallam Zachariah Ahmed, whose escape was through a stroke of luck attributed his survival to the power of God.

In his words:

“We were inside the mosque when we started hearing gunshots. In the process, we all abandoned our prayers and started to run outside. It was in the ensued confusion that the bomb went off. I was lucky to have escaped by the whisker.

“After the blast, we saw plenty of mutilated bodies of those killed all over the premises of the mosque. I cannot say precisely how many were killed, but they were over 50.”

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) put the number of dead persons at 44 and 47 others critically injured. The injured victims have been reportedly rushed to a couple of close-by hospitals namely Plateau State Specialist Hospital, Our Lady of Apostle Hospital, Bingham University Teaching Hospital (BhUTH) and Sunnah Hospital, Angwan Rimi, all in Jos where they are being treated.

This was contained in a public statement made by North-central Zonal Coordinator of NEMA, Mr. Mohammed Abdulsalami at the premises of the state specialist hospital while addressing journalists.

“As at 3 am, we had 44 people dead while 47 were injured, and majority of them are in the intensive care units (ICUs) of the hospitals.

“The state specialist hospital was the first hospital we brought them to but because of the high casualty figure, the hospital facility was overstretched so we took some of them to Bingham University Teaching Hospital and Our Lady of Apostle Hospital.”

“Normally when situations like this occur, we know that there are emergency items that are required in the hospitals such as bandages that will first of all be applied to the victims to arrest the bleeding. So we were able to provide all that.

“Why we are here now is to monitor the situation and to enquire from the hospital management what more they require so that we could forward their request to Abuja for the items to be made available immediately,” Abdulsalami explained.

The bomb blasts have also been condemned by the executive Governor of Plateau state, Mr. Simon Lalong who has ordered security operatives to return to the military checkpoints earlier dismantled on the direective of President Muhammadu Buhari to curtail a future occurrence. The general public have been urged to remain calm and allow security operatives get on top of the situation.