File Nyanya bomb scene in 2014

The multiple bomb blasts  on Friday night in Nyanya and Kuje, two suburbs of the Nigerian capital, Abuja killed 15 persons and injured 39

Mr Ishaya Chonoko, Coordinator of NEMA Abuja operations, who confirmed the figures, said two persons were killed in Nyanyaand 19 were injured, one of them critically.

The corpses of the two dead persons and one critically injured person were taken to the Asokoro General Hospital, he said.

He said the 18 other injured persons were receiving treatment at the Nyanya General Hospital.

“We have confirmed that 18 persons, who sustained injuries, are receiving treatment at the Nyanya General hospital.

“Two persons that were confirmed dead were taken to the Asokoro General Hospital,”he said.

Chonoko said that another blast, that earlier took place in Kuje Area council of the Federal Capital City , also recorded 13 dead and 20 injured. Blasts were reported at the police station and the town’s main market.

The FCT Commissioner of Police, Mr Wilson Inalegwu also confirmed the bomb blasts.

There has been no claim of responsibility for the bomb blasts yet, but they bore the imprimatur of the blood thirsty Boko Haram militants, targeting innocent Nigerians.