Soldiers recover three bombs at Kuje blast site
Anti-bomb squad inspect the motorcycle
used by the terrorist, at the scene of the
blast
Three undetonated explosives were recovered
at the scene of the blasts that rocked Kuje, a
suburb of the Federal Capital Territory in
Abuja on Friday.
A soldier made this known while dispersing a
crowd that had gathered to take a look at the
bomb scene on Saturday afternoon when our
correspondent visited the scene of the
explosion.
Speaking angrily to the crowd as they
dispersed, the soldier who later simply
identified himself as David said it was wrong
for the crowd made up of mainly youths and
market women to gather near the scene of the
incident for any reason because anything
could still happen.
He also threatened a woman selling plantain
nearby that he would come and scatter her
wares if anybody should cross her again to go
near the scene where the explosion had
occurred.
The soldier said, “We are not happy that we
are here. Some of us have been here since 11
pm yesterday (Friday). We have not taken our
bath.
“Do you think we will go near the scene if we
don’t have bomb detectors. We have
recovered three explosives that had not
exploded.”
Turning to our correspondent he said, “This is
the third time I am coming here to disperse
them. Some of them are criminals. They want
to steal the goods that had been left here by
some of the traders so that it would be
blamed on soldiers.”
Again, turning to woman selling plantain the
soldier blurted, “If they cross that place again,
I will come and scatter your things. This is the
last time I will come here again.”
Meanwhile, the mosque community at Zamfra
Park near the scene of the incident was in a
mournful mood when our correspondent
visited on Saturday.
One member of the community, who identified
himself as Ahmed Ali from Kano State, said
the community was pained not just by the
casualties but also by the fact that they had
not been allowed to carry corpses at the
hospitals where some of the victims had been
confirmed dead.
He said, “We have buried two corpses. We
were told that there were 12 corpses at the
National Hospital and four corpses at the
Gwagwalada Hospital.”
PUNCH.
Anti-bomb squad inspect the motorcycle
used by the terrorist, at the scene of the
blast
Three undetonated explosives were recovered
at the scene of the blasts that rocked Kuje, a
suburb of the Federal Capital Territory in
Abuja on Friday.
A soldier made this known while dispersing a
crowd that had gathered to take a look at the
bomb scene on Saturday afternoon when our
correspondent visited the scene of the
explosion.
Speaking angrily to the crowd as they
dispersed, the soldier who later simply
identified himself as David said it was wrong
for the crowd made up of mainly youths and
market women to gather near the scene of the
incident for any reason because anything
could still happen.
He also threatened a woman selling plantain
nearby that he would come and scatter her
wares if anybody should cross her again to go
near the scene where the explosion had
occurred.
The soldier said, “We are not happy that we
are here. Some of us have been here since 11
pm yesterday (Friday). We have not taken our
bath.
“Do you think we will go near the scene if we
don’t have bomb detectors. We have
recovered three explosives that had not
exploded.”
Turning to our correspondent he said, “This is
the third time I am coming here to disperse
them. Some of them are criminals. They want
to steal the goods that had been left here by
some of the traders so that it would be
blamed on soldiers.”
Again, turning to woman selling plantain the
soldier blurted, “If they cross that place again,
I will come and scatter your things. This is the
last time I will come here again.”
Meanwhile, the mosque community at Zamfra
Park near the scene of the incident was in a
mournful mood when our correspondent
visited on Saturday.
One member of the community, who identified
himself as Ahmed Ali from Kano State, said
the community was pained not just by the
casualties but also by the fact that they had
not been allowed to carry corpses at the
hospitals where some of the victims had been
confirmed dead.
He said, “We have buried two corpses. We
were told that there were 12 corpses at the
National Hospital and four corpses at the
Gwagwalada Hospital.”
PUNCH.
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