NEMA confirms 9 dead, 24 injured in twin explosion
The NEMA spokesman made the revelation at a press briefing on Saturday, October 29, 2016, in Abuja.
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Mr Sanni Datti, Head of Media, NEMA, confirmed this in a statement made available to newsmen on Saturday in Abuja.
Datti said that one of the explosions occurred at the entrance to the Bakasi Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp, while the second happened at the NNPC filling station along Damboa road, Maiduguri.
“As at the time of this report, the NEMA rescue team had evacuated victims. More updates on the incidents and rescue details will come later,” the spokesman said.
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He said the injured persons had been evacuated from the scene of the incidents and admitted to various hospitals in Maiduguri.
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