NEMA Confirms 11 Deaths, 77 Injuries from Gombi Twin Blasts

Following the twin blast that rocked the grain section of Gombi market on Friday, which  killed and injured people and destroyed substantial part of the market.

Mr Halilu Kangiwa, the acting Coordinator of National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) in Adamawa, said 11 people lost their lives in Friday’s bomb blast in Gombi market.

Kangiwa said on Sunday in Yola that 77 persons sustained injuries in the incident. He said that out of the injured, 19 persons had been treated and discharged from the hospital.

“We now have 58 others with serious injuries undergoing treatment in hospitals in Gombi and Yola towns,” he said.

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