Scores dead in fresh Abuja bombing
16 corpses counted at Asokoro Hospitals as at 9:05 pm yesterday
16 corpses were counted at the Emergency Ward of the Asokoro Hospital while ambulances were still rushing to ferry in more of the dead and the wounded.
The bombers, whose identities were yet to be unmasked, struck at the same transit point they attacked two weeks ago at Nyanya in the suburb of the FCT just as workers who went for the a May Day celebration were retuning to their bases.
Unlike the last blast, which was targeted at the major bus terminal, the latest attack was concentrated on the opposite side of the terminal, which is used by commuters.
Security men, who were taken unawares by the deadly attack, as usual, promptly mobilized and blocked all routes leading to and from the scene of the attack.
The development worsened the gridlock on the Nyanya-Abuja-Keffi Road and frustrated many commuters. The explosives, like in the first blast, were also contained in white Golf Volkswagen vehicle.
It was also reported that security operatives are trying to defuse two bomb-laden cylinders to avoid another explosion on the same spot.
