Presdent Goodluck Jonathan has just left the scene. “Let’s collectively express our condolences to bereaved families, those who suffer directly from the loss,” he said.
At the scene, Mr. Jonathan urged Nigerians to be more observant of the activities around them.
No group or person has claimed responsibility for the attack. But Boko Haram is suspected.
National Conference delegates condemn Abuja explosion
Delegates of the Nigeria National Conference holding in the city centre have passed a motion condemning the explosion and resolved to send condolences to the families of those who lost their lives. They also condemned the incidents in other places.
The motion of Urgent Public Importance was moved by Ishaq Modibbo Kawu and 20 others including Hannatu Ibrahim from Gombe who seconded it.
Five prayers of the motion include
- Condemnation of the bombing,
- Calls on the government to take “urgent, drastic and concrete steps to arrest and immediately bring an end to these atrocities’
- That all necessary measures be out in place to use proportional and non-excessive force to deal with the situation and safeguard the life, property and well-being of innocent civilian populations in all areas affected;
- Government should commence the immediate implementation of all actionable recommendations made to it by various committees such as Gaji Galtimari, Kabiru Turaki, Borno/Yobe Elders etc;
- That the FG should immediately commence a process of reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the affected areas.
- Calls on the government to take “urgent, drastic and concrete steps to arrest and immediately bring an end to these atrocities’
- That all necessary measures be out in place to use proportional and non-excessive force to deal with the situation and safeguard the life, property and well-being of innocent civilian populations in all areas affected;
- Government should commence the immediate implementation of all actionable recommendations made to it by various committees such as Gaji Galtimari, Kabiru Turaki, Borno/Yobe Elders etc;
- That the FG should immediately commence a process of reconciliation, rehabilitation and reconstruction of the affected areas.
Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, and interior Minister Abba Moro have visited the scene of the blast.
President Goodluck Jonathan has ordered that the security in Abuja, the Nigerian capital, be increased following an early Monday morning explosion in Nyanya, a suburb of the capital city.
In a tweet by the President’s Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Reuben Abati, the president said he is saddened by the loss of lives from the explosion. He extended his condolence to the families of the bereaved.
Mr. Abati, through his twitter handle, @abati1990, also said that the president has directed medical personnel around the city to do their best to save lives of those injured in the explosion.
Over 200 people are feared killed in an explosion that rocked a popular motor park in Nyanya, a suburb of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. The explosion occurred at about 6:30 a.m. and most of the victims are believed to be passengers going to the city centre to resume work on Monday.
Security and emergency operatives arrived early to evacuate the corpses and take the injured to hospitals.
The emergency agency, NEMA, says it cannot give an official casualty figure yet
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