Market blast in...
Yola - Twenty seven people have been confirmed dead in the bomb blast at the popular Gambo-Jimeta market in Jimeta, Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed this to journalists in Yola.
The blast occurred at about 7:45pm Thursday close to Zenith Bank along market road.
Yola - Twenty seven people have been confirmed dead in the bomb blast at the popular Gambo-Jimeta market in Jimeta, Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, confirmed this to journalists in Yola.
The blast occurred at about 7:45pm Thursday close to Zenith Bank along market road.
Meanwhile, the police have cordoned off the area and diverted motorists plying the route. The police also confirmed a suicide bomber was behind the blast.
The scene of the blast is very popular for night buyers and sellers of meat, cooked food and other foodstuffs.
Ammar Joshua, who lost her two daughters aged 20 and 24 to the blast, said, “l just left for home after we finished selling my cooked food and asked them to pack and come home not knowing that it is last time I will see them.”
A resident of the town, Salihu Aliyu, had told PREMIUM TIMES that the blast happened in front of the Jimeta main market at about 7:45pm.
“We just finished observing the Maghrib prayer when we heard a loud blast in the direction of the market,” he said.
