How I lost four children

Mr Emmanuel Obiukwu, a hired taxi driver at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, in tears, told our reporters that he lost four children and that his wife and daughter are at the emergency ward of the National Hospital.He said, 'I am finished, I lost four of my children and the fifth one is on danger list with her mother here, they were blown off with my car.'Another member of a family, Mr. Uchenna Simon, said his mother-in-law, Mrs Ucharia lost her life in the blast and that his younger sister had her leg blown off, while two of his family members were still missing.Another lady, who refused to mention her name, said her daughter and an elder sister were seriously wounded in the blast.She was overheard sympathising with someone who reportedly lost his five children, all boys at the blast scene.Minister of State for Health, Dr. Muhammed Ali-Pate and former Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) chairman, Malam Nuhu Ribadu were among other Nigerians who came to National Hospital to commiserate with the victims of the blast.As at the time of filling this report, 25 injured victims and 14 corpses were brought to the National Hospital, with an Army Ambulance, with registration number NA 1744 B05 and FRSC ambulance, registration number RS 865 A01 brought in the corpses, while NEMA, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) and other vans and ambulances were used in conveying the injured, mostly children.
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