20 Confirmed Dead in Yesterday Twin Bomb Explosion in Abuja

Over 20 people have now been confirmed dead in the twin bomb explosion that rocked the Federal Capital Territory late yesterday,2nd, October in Kuje and Nyanya.
Opada Bamali, a senior official at the Ministry of Health, confirmed 15 of the deceased died in the Kuje attack while 5 died in the Nyanya attack.

Of the 41 injured, 24 are said to currently receiving medical attention in various hospitals in the Capital City while the others have been discharged as they sustained only minor injuries.

Meanwhile president Buhari in a statement issued today and personally signed by him in reaction to Abuja late yesterday explosion, said the attacks exposed real perpetrators of terror. It read;

"These cowardly attacks expose the real faces of the planners and perpetrators of these crimes. What quarrel do they have with the good people of Nyanya motor park? What issue do they have with innocent people in market places in Maiduguri, Yola and Kuje? It is clear this battle is not ideological. It is between the forces of peace and order and the evil forces of murder and destruction", he said.
He said the security agents including the police and army have been instructed to be extra vigilant in this time. He sympathized with the families of all the victims that died in the attacks.