Abuja Bomb Blast: Pieces Of Human Flesh Litter Abuja Suburb

Pieces of human flesh were seen on

Saturday morning littering the roadside

in a suburb of Abuja, Nyanya, where an

explosive went off late on Friday.

The explosive was said to have been

detonated at the Jikwoyi Park, Nyanya, on

the popular Abuja-Keffi Expressway,

claiming yet-to-be ascertained number of

lives.

The late Friday incident was the third to

be recorded in that vicinity.

Two previous incidents with heavy

casualties were witnessed there last year.

Our correspondent, who visited the scene

as early as 6.30am on Saturday, reported

that the scene of the blast had been

cordoned off by security operatives.

A combined team of soldiers, policemen,

officials of the Nigerian Security and Civil

Defence Corps as well as the Federal Road

Safety Corps were seen controlling the

crowd of onlookers which kept increasing

every minute.

Some policemen wearing black T-shirts

marked “EOD” were seen picking pieces

of human flesh that still littered the road

side.

The pieces of flesh were being packed

inside cartons by the security operatives

as wailing residents looked on.

Buses and cars that had their

windscreens shattered as a result of the

impact of the blasts were still at the

scene.

An eyewitness, who identified himself

simply as Aminu, told our correspondent

that rescue workers recovered many

corpses from the scene of the blast late

Friday.

“What you see them packing now are

pieces of flesh because many of the

victims were torn into pieces. Corpses

with several missing parts were taken

away last night,” he said.

The incident has caused a serious traffic

gridlock on the expressway inwards Abuja

as many motorists made attempt to get a

glimpse of the scene.

Security operatives were still having

difficulties in controlling the surging

crowd at the time of filing this report at

7.15am.

Source: PunchNg