Jos blasts latest: NEMA confirmed 44 dead, 47 injured, Doctors suspend strike to treat victims

Nigeria disaster agency, National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) on Monday confirmed that 44 persons were killed while 47 others were injured in Sunday night Jos twin blasts.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that one of the blasts hit a Mosque at Delimi while the second, which went off 15 minutes later, occurred at a restaurant on Bauchi Road.

According to NEMA Coordinator in the North Central, Abdulsalami Mohammed, who confirmed the casualties said those injured were taken to the Plateau Specialist Hospital in Jos.

‎He explained that the attack at the mosque recorded more casualties because the suicide bomber fired into the crowd and killed many people before detonating the bomb after exhausting the bullets.

Mohammed said: “We, however, found that the hospital could not cope with the pressure and decided to move some of the victims to Bingham Hospital and Ola Clinic in Central Jos.

“Most of the victims were left on the bare floor of the wards and we did not think that was proper.‎

“In fact, most of those hospitalised have gun shots wounds.

“At the Specialist Hospital, doctors have been battling to remove bullets from the bodies of the victims.

Meanwhile, the Association of Resident Doctors (ARDs), Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH), has suspended its strike to attend to the urgent medical needs of victims of the bomb blasts.

Dr Meshack Daniel, Secretary, Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) in Plateau confirmed this to newsmen on Monday.

According to him, the suspension was to enable the doctors give adequate medical attention to the victims.,