Victims of collapsed church in Benue for burial April 20

The 22 victims of the collapsed St. Robert’s Catholic Church in Vandeikya Local Government Area of Benue State will be buried on April 20, a statement from the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi said. The statement, signed by the Rt. Rev. William Avenya, the Auxiliary Bishop of Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, said the burial would take place at St. Robert’s Church, Adamgbe, near Vandeikya. 

 It expressed the hope that the families involved would allow the burial take place at the venue. “We are hoping that the families involved will allow us to bury the 22 corpses in one location and the vestments shall be white,” the statement said. 

 The statement also said that those who sustained injuries and in different medical centres around the area were responding to treatment. The 22 persons were killed, while many others were injured when a storm pulled down the church building in Vandeikya,, Benue, on Holy Saturday.

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Kaduna Bomb Blast: Riders’ Association Claims Loss Of 100 Lives(PHOTOS)

The national association of commercial motorcycle operators said yesterday that over 100 of its men died in the Kaduna blast that took place on Easter Sunday morning.

 Nasir Mamman, secretary-general of the Amalgamated Commercial Motorcycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria said:. Sunday was a very dark day. This is because we lost our members and other innocent Nigerians. 

On the average, over 100 of our members lost their lives. You can see that we are few here today. We are still mourning and searching for most of our members whom, we believe, were killed in the blast. Continue to see photos of victims of the bomb blast. *Viewers discretion more than seriously advised* 

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One injured as bomb explodes in Jos

A late evening bomb that exploded yesterday night at Tudun Wada area in Jos North local Government Area of Plateau State has injured one person leaving several vehicles damaged. The explosion, according to witnesses, occurred at about 8:30pm near a motor park in the area when a yet to be identified person, left the bomb on a motorcycle which exploded minutes later. 

“The explosion injured only one person but several vehicles were affected by the blast, but we thank God that no one died from the blast.” a resident who preferred anonymity told our correspondent. This latest bomb explosion in Jos came barely a month after a bomb exploded at the St. Finbarr’s Catholic Church in Ray Field, which claimed some lives and just three days after the use of motorcycle for the Easter period was banned.

 The ban on the use of motorcycle during the Easter period was employed by security agencies for the purpose of curtailing such incident where suicide bombers sometimes use motorcycles, our correspondent further reports. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, ASP Samuel Dabai, who confirmed the incident said the injured person was taken to the Plateau state Specialists Hospital in Jos for treatment. 

 Spokesman of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Yusha’u Shuaibu, confirmed that an explosion has occurred in Tudun Wada area of Jos at a park. He said security personnel had moved to the scene as the injured were being evacuated.

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