Explosion kills seven, injures 20 at Yola IDP camp

A burnt vehicle at the scene of an explosion
The National Emergency Management Agency on Friday
confirmed a bomb explosion at a school at the Malkohi Camp of
the internally displaced persons in Yola, Adamawa State.
The agency said seven persons were killed while 20 were injured
as a result of the explosion that occurred around 10.50am.
It added that seven of the injured had been treated and
discharged at the Federal Medical Centre in Yola while the
remaining 13 persons, including four NEMA officials, were still
on admission at the hospital.
The explosion would be the first of such attack on an IDP camp
in the North-East.
Though no information had been made available about the
perpetrators of the act, there are indications it might have been
carried out by the Boko Haram insurgent group.
Boko Haram has in a six-year period displaced thousands of
people in the North-East, while killing other thousands as a
result of its activities.
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar said on Twitter that he
was saddened by the incident and condemned those behind the
attack.
He said, “I’m deeply saddened by the bombing incident at the
Yola IDP camp today. Only persons with hearts of evil could do
this. The Yola IDP camp is the largest in Nigeria, and is a refuge
to the thousands of people who fled the insurgency from mostly
Borno and Yobe.
“Many people I know were working as volunteers in the camp,
including staff and students of American University of Nigeria,
who sustained minor injuries from the blast.
“Today’s attack is an attempt to break the spirits of the people
who came to seek refuge. The perpetrators will know no peace.
We refuse to be broken. We will win the war against terrorism.
We shall overcome!”
Adamawa State Commissioner for Information, Mr. Ahmed
Sajoh, also told journalists that seven persons were killed by the
explosion.
It was learnt from one of the camp’s residents, Abubakar Sani,
that two female suicide bombers detonated the bomb that led to
the killings.
Sajoh, however, said the state governor, Muhammadu Bindow,
had directed the state emergency management agency to foot
the medical bills of the injured.
He said among those killed was a toddler, adding that those on
humanitarian service were not spared by the suicide bombers.
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