Yola blast victims ‘in need of blood, drugs’

The Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Yola, has called on members of the public to donate blood to victims of Thursday’s bomb blast at Yola Market.

Mohammed Dodo, public relations officer of the centre, made the call on Friday in Yola during an interview with NAN.

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,” he said.

Also speaking, Bala Saidu, chief medical director of Yola Specialist Hospital, 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, Barkindo Mustapha, the Lamido of Adamawa, Martins Babale, deputy governor of the state, have visited the scene and victims of the incident.

They condemned the blast and urged the public to be more vigilant.

Thursday night’s blast, the first in Yola town according to Othman Abubakar, public relations officer of the Adamawa Police Command, was carried out by two suicide bombers who are among the dead.