FORENSIC EXPERT IDENTIFY NYANYA SUICIDE BOMBERS

                                 

Forensic  experts  have successfully
established the identities of two men that  participated in  the
bombing  of  Nyanya, a satellite community bordering the Federal Capital
Territory and Nasarawa State  on  April 14, 2014.

Security sources in Abuja  on Monday say that the experts  identified 
their  bodies  using certain scientific variables, including body
tissues.

It was learnt that they also   identified the third suicide bomber, who managed to escape from the scene before the explosion.

One of the  sources said,  “The third
terror suspect has also been positively identified and we are working to
arrest him; but the identities of his two accomplices have  been
established through forensic analysis.

 “Through the assistance of experts,  we
now know those who carried out the attack. Although two of them are
dead, we are on the trail of the one who is  alive.”

When contacted on the progress  so far
made by the team, the  Police spokesman,    Frank Mba, said  he would
speak “at the appropriate time.”

He said, “As much as we want to give
information to the public on the progress of the investigation, I won’t
comment on it now because we don’t want to be distracted.

“We don’t want anything to jeopardise the investigation. I will speak at the appropriate time.”

Meanwhile, 29 victims of the bomb blast are still receiving treatment at hospitals in the  FCT.

It was learnt that 30  others were
discharged last Thursday from the National Hospital  and the Maitama
District Hospital, Abuja.

The Chief Press Secretary to the FCT
minister, Mohammed Sule,   said  the medical bills of all the
survivors   were   paid by the FCT Administration.

Sule dismissed reports that the
administration had neglected the blast victims . He however said that
a   victim who discharged himself from the Maitama District Hospital
and  checked into a private hospital was  not covered.

He  said, “As of  Thursday last week, we
had 29 blast victims still receiving treatment in various government
and private hospitals in the FCT and all their medical bills are being
paid  by the FCT Administration.

“The FCT Minister and the Health
Minister both promised to take care of the bills  . We have records of
all the patients and everything that is being done for them as directed
by the ministers.”

Meanwhile, the  Nigeria Labour Congress has attributed the security challenge in the country to   poverty.

Its   Vice-president, Lucy Offiong, who
briefed  journalists  on the plans for  the 2014 May Day celebrations,
therefore urged the government to urgently end  poverty and the
insurgency in the North-East.

She challenged security agencies to
ensure that the girls abducted by insurgents in Chibok, Borno State were
rescued and returned to their parents.