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The Federal Medical Centre, Yola, has called on members of
the public to donate blood to victims of Thursday’s bomb
blast that occurred at Yola Market.
The Public Relations Officer of the centre, Malam Mohammed
Dodo, made the call on Friday in Yola in an interview with the
News Agency of Nigeria .
Dodo said the hospital blood bank and other facilities, such as
drugs, had been overstretched as a result of the incident.
“As I am speaking to you, we have 31 dead and 22 people
seriously injured,” Dodo said.
Also speaking, the Chief Medical Director of Yola Specialist
Hospital, Dr. Bala Saidu, said 44 people were admitted to the
hospital with various degrees of injury, out of which 25 had
been treated and discharged.
“We only have 19 people now on admission,” Saidu said.
He said all the dead bodies from the incident had been
deposited at the Federal Medical Centre.
Meanwhile, the Lamido of Adamawa, Alhaji Barkindo
Mustapha and Adamawa Deputy Governor, Mr. Martins Babale,
have visited the scene and victims of the incident.
They condemned the blast and urged the public to be more
vigilant.
The Thursday night blast, which is the first in Yola town,
according to the Public Relations Officer of the Adamawa
Police Command, DSP Othman Abubakar, was carried out by
two suicide bombers who are among the dead.