Report from PremiumTimes revealed the shocking experiences the injured victims in the hospital had to face. No food No food!!! This is inhumane!
Shuaibu Abukabar was one lucky survivor of the Nyanya Bomb blast. According to him, he actually passed out and was amongst the dead bodies that were heaped in a truck till he signaled "life" and was removed.
Abubakar narrating the incident from when he regained consciouisness speaks;
“At first there was quietness and suddenly I saw smoke and fire, then
I passed out,”
“After I fainted only to open my eyes and tried to turn only to find
myself inside a truck with dismembered bodies, they noticed me and later
removed me when they realized that I am still alive,” “As I am
talking to you now, there is so much noise inside my head, I cannot
move my legs, the doctors attended to me, gave me drips and medicine.”
At the Maitama hospital where Mr. Abubakar was being treated on Tuesday,
he said he had to endure not only pains but the pangs of hunger. He had, on the day of the incident, missed breakfast, having left so
early, and throughout Monday, ate nothing. The hospital provided nothing
and he remained hungry until Tuesday morning when reporters visited the
hospital.He said:
“I did not eat anything I was too weak to eat but at midnight I
couldn’t sleep of hunger, the last time I ate was on Sunday evening, but
there was no food provision. Some people from the mosque came here to
give me bread and tea this morning, the hospital only gave us injections
and drips. I am still hungry, broke and with no money.”
Another injured victim at the hospital, Salome Jim who is a bus ticket vendor narrates:
“I was selling tickets to passengers when I heard a loud bang and I
saw myself flying in the air, I landed on a stone, got up to run when I
felt a sharp pain in my legs,”
Ms. Jim said she mustered strength to crawl on her buttock to safety. “My leg broke into two like a broom,”
Salome Jim while narrating the ordeal of an okada rider named Isah who was lying next to her, she said:
“Isah too was badly injured, I saw his intestines coming out from his
stomach, and the rescue team covered him up and packed the things back
into his body that was the last time i saw him,”
“I have been sitting down here waiting for a surgery, I am in pain, I
am very hungry. No one has come here to give me food, I can neither
walk nor move, the nurses and doctors are nice to me but they didn’t
give me food.”
“The nurse said she will come and attend to me at 9:30 am this
morning and this is 9 o’ clock so I am waiting, but when I came here
yesterday they took care of me, I didn’t pay for anything, but they
didn’t give us food,”
“I went to bed with an empty stomach, the woman inside the ward over
there (she pointed) shared her food with me at midnight, as I am here my
relatives didn’t know I am here as I couldn’t find my phone.”
A staff of the hospital who pleaded anonymity said that
some cannot eat due to their medical conditions but those that can eat
should be given food. She said:
“Some of the victims cannot eat just yet, but some of them who can
eat do not have the money to eat, the government can’t only be
administering drugs on empty stomachs it can lead to other serious
cases, we all tried yesterday but not even a single word of
commendations from the government. You people should let Nigerians know
the bomb blast victims are hungry and are not fed,”
When asked why the victims had not been fed, health minister,
Onyebuchi Chukwu, who visited the hospital early Tuesday did not give a
direct response. He said:
“The management of the hospitals will go back after my
departure to find the true situation and sort it out, all hospitals have
been very cooperative this is the main situation.”
The Federal Capital health secretary, Onoke Emaiye, who accompanied
the minister admitted it was the responsibility of the government to
feed victims of the blast. He said:
“The Federal government and FCT administration are responsible for
their feeding and their medical bills, some have been taken to the
theatre, some Intensive Care Unit, some are been given blood,”
Quote me anywhere, if this is really happening, then the Federal Government is callous!! Why administer just drips and injection on injured individuals? Now tell me why the number of dead victims will not rise!!
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