Commissioner of Police in Borno State, Clement Adoda, had said after the explosions at three spots in the town — two markets and a motor park — that 58 persons died while 139 persons were injured in the attacks.
A source, who spoke to our correspondent on Sunday, said, “Due to the gravity of injuries of some victims brought to the hospital yesterday (Saturday), having lost so much blood, three of the injured were lost overnight. Another one was lost this morning before the medical routine checks by the medical doctor on duty.”
The source, a nurse, who spoke on Sunday evening to our correspondent, said, “We are presently observing the case of one of the victims, who is in critical situation and will need a miracle to survive.
“Apart from these isolated cases, majority of the victims have been treated and discharged and have since gone home.”
In a similar development, there was another bomb attack on a market in Borno State, where five persons were said to have been killed on Sunday, a member of the youth vigilante group, who craved anonymity, told our correspondent on the telephone.
He said, “The insurgents planted a bomb at the Beneisheikh market around 10am on Sunday. This led to the death of five persons while 15 others were injured.
“Today, being the market day of Benisheikh here, villagers do come to buy and sell grains and others goods but they had bad news to tell as a bomb, suspected to be planted by a suspected Boko Haram insurgent, exploded.”
He said the casualty could have been higher if the bomb had been planted within the market.
A resident of Beneisheikh, Modu Gana, told our correspondent, “We saw the dead bodies being conveyed to Beneisheikh hospital and those wounded were assisted by the civilian JTF to the hospital.”
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