[UPDATED] Seven dead, 13 injured in Adamawa IDP camp explosion – NEMA

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The Adamawa State Government has confirmed that seven
people died and 13 were injured in an explosion that occurred at
the Malkohi Internally Displaced Persons camp, near Yola, on
Friday morning.
The state Commissioner for Information, Malam Ahmad Sajoh,
confirmed the incident to newsmen after a visit to the Federal
Medical Centre, Yola, where the injured persons were receiving
treatment.
Sajoh said four officials of the National Emergency Management
Agency were among the injured persons.
He also said another blast was reported in Madagali, but that
the casualty figure was still unknown.
“I just got the report of another blast in Madagali but as I speak
to you, I am still trying to get the actual picture of the situation.
“I got the report from officials of the Adamawa State Emergency
Management Agency,” Sajoh said.
He said the state government would foot the bill of all those
injured in the Malkohi incident.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that following the Malkohi
blast, security operatives have commenced fresh screening of
all IDPs at the camp.
All the IDPs where gathered in one section of the camp as
policemen, soldiers and other officials of the camp embarked on
the screening.
The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Gabriel Adaji, who spoke
on the development, said security had been beefed up at the
camp to forestall a reoccurrence.
Adaji said it was possible that the persons that came with the
explosive that rocked the camp joined the IDPs that were
brought to the camp on Thursday night from Madagali.
“We suspect one of those IDPs that came newly, possibly they
beat the security checks to cause this tragedy.
“It is unfortunate. We are now trying our best to see that such
incident does not happen again,” he said.
The NEMA Camp Coordinator in Adamawa, Mr. Saad Bello,
confirmed that a total of 298 IDPs from Madagali and 17 from
Sambisa forest were brought to the camp on Thursday night.
So far seven (7) persons lost their lives and twenty
(20) persons were injured in the bomb blast that
occurred in Malkohi camp Yola, Adamawa
— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) September 11, 2015
Among the injured seven (7) were treated and
discharged while thirteen (13) persons including four
(4) NEMA officials are still at FMC Yola
— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) September 11, 2015
The Bomb, which was planted inside a Tent, went off
this morning at around 10: 50am.
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— NEMA Nigeria (@nemanigeria) September 11, 2015

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