‘No bomb blast survivor has died,’ National Hospital
None of the
survivors of the Abuja bomb blasts taken to the National Hospital,
Abuja has died, the head of management and information services of the
hospital, Tayo Haastrup has said.
“We have
stabilized them,” he said. Mr Haastrup told a delegation of ANPP
leaders led by its national chairman, Ogbonnaya Onu that 19 out of the
27 victims brought to the hospital in the wake of the blasts have been
discharged, leaving only eight of them.
The ANPP leaders, who visited on Tuesday,
pledged to give N1 million to the survivors of the bomb attack.
“We are really
touched by the level of destruction and lives involved, it is very
disturbing, we have never had something like this; we pray we will
never have anything like this again,” Mr Onu said. “Our heart is with
the families of this innocent Nigerians, they do not deserve this. We
are very happy that the national hospital is doing very well as they
have not lost anybody and they are working very hard to restore the
health of those affected.” Unveil the suspects Mr Onu said the party
will make available the sum of N1million to the family and ask the
Chief Medical Director (CMD) to share the money among the survivors.
“We know that the
president has promised to take care of the bill but we still believe
that there is the need for us to do something additional,” he said. He
said that the primary responsibility of government is to secure the
lives and property of the citizenry adding that the federal government
must ensure that all Nigerians live and work in an environment that is
secured.
Mr Onu also said
security agencies must do their best to unveil those behind the plot
and that the findings into the blasts should not be swept under the
carpet.
Amongst the party’s entourage were the deputy national Chairman
(South), John Odigie-Oyegun and other senior members of the party.
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