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December 31, 2010

2nd Bomb explosion rocks Abuja

By Aliyu Adekunle

Two bomb explosion have rocked the capital Abuja at the Eve of the New Year celebrations.

A victim of a bomb explosion lying on a bed in the Asokoro General Hospital, Abuja, Nigeria, Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. (AP Photo/Felix Onigbinde).

In one of the explosion explosion that rocked the city of Abuja saw several people injured .

The  blast was said to have occurred at or near an army barracks in the  capital city.

People were seen being carried away after the blast, which hit a beer garden.

A police spokesman said the blast had occurred at the Sani Abacha barracks, and the cause and those responsible yet  unknown.

Reports reaching us have also confirmed another explosion at the  Dunamis church in Jikowyi

People are  shelving  going  to churches in Abuja as they are not sure that they will not be hit by bombs.

The police is on ground diverting traffic so as to keep people safe.

Rescue operative   have commence evacuation of  person from the scenes of the blasts.

More reports indicates that about 30 people are feared dead in the explosion which came as preparations heightened across the country to usher in the New Year.

The casualties were mainly fun seekers who had gone to the popular mammy market to relax after the day’s job..

Atiku Abuakar in a statement denounced the bombings in strong terms describing it as ”senseless and wicked.”

In the statement  Mr Abubakar said he sympathises with innocent military and civilian victims caught in the bombing incident.

The former VP went on to say that the latest bomb targeted at a military establishment is an indication that ”President Jonathan cannot provide the type of leadership to secure the nation.’

The president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, has also condemned the attack, and commands the nation’s security services to rise to the occasion and arrest this new and dangerous challenge to our peace and stability.

He said in a statement that there shall be no sacred cows. All, no matter how remotely connected to these incidents, must be brought to justice.

”They must be made to pay.   No one, and we repeat, no one, can make this nation ungovernable.’ he said in a statement signed by Ima Niboro.

The statement in part reads

Tonight, evil people determined to turn the joys of fellow Nigerians
to ashes detonated a bomb at a barracks market in the Federal Capital
City.

Basking in their nefarious success in Jos on Christmas eve, they have
once again knifed at the heartstrings of a nation decked out in
gaiety, celebrating new year’s eve. This is extreme evil. It is
wicked. It defies all that we that we believe in, and stand for as a
nation.

The president, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, condemns this attack, and
commands the nation’s security services to rise to the occasion and
arrest this new and dangerous challenge to our peace and stability.

There shall be no sacred cows. All, no matter how remotely connected
to these incidents, must be brought to justice.

They must be made to pay.   No one, and we repeat, no one, can make
this nation ungovernable.

Ima Niboro

It can be ascertained that four people lost their lives including  a pregnant woman at the popular at Mammy market
inside the Mogadishu Cantonment, formerly Abacha Barrack.

More reports later

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