Bauchi-The causality figure of the yesterday bomb
explosion that rocked a busy phone market known as
Kasuwan Jagol in Azare, Katagum Local Government
Area of Bauchi state has risen to 31 while 30 patients
are currently on admission.

However the Chief Medical Director of Azare Medical
Centre Dr. Abduallhi Ibrahim told newsmen that the
hospital recorded 17 deaths and 30 of the victims of
the bomb explosion are on admission.
While giving the breakdown of the causality figure,
Dr. Ibrahim said out of the 17 that died in the
hospital 14 are victims of the explosion and 3 are
suspected suicide bombers.

He confirmed that Doctors and Nurses have defied
Joint Health Workers Union strike to attend to the
victims of the bomb blast and that they patients are
responding to treatment.
However, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP
Haruna Mohammed confirmed that one person
identified as one of the insurgents was lynched to
death by mob action.

Meanwhile, as at last night the Police spokesman
confirmed 13 persons dead while 65 sustained
various degrees of injuries out of which 43 have
been treated and discharged and 22 others are
responding to treatment.

This brings the total of causality figure of the
explosion to 31 and 22 on admission. He added that
the scene of the explosion was visited and cordoned
off by Police explosive ordinance disposal unit while
casualties were evacuated to the Federal Medical
Center Azare for medical attention.

Haruna disclosed that normalcy has been restored in
Azare by combine security forces and patrols are
being intensified within and outside the town.
Meanwhile, the minority leader of the state House of
Assembly Honourable Suleiman Baba has berated the
federal government for allowing the insecurity in the
area persist as the recent was the third explosion in
the area in one month.

He said, “12 killed, 64 were injured in Azare blast
suspected to be carried out by a female suicide
bomber. Its unacceptable triplets bomb within one
month it shows failure of leadership.”

Yet the president is busy going about his jamboree as if all is well.