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Jos blasts: family members comb morgues in search of missing loved ones |
Many
families in Jos today stormed various hospitals in the city in search
of family members who had been missing since the twin bomb blasts that
led to the death of over 118 people around Terminus main market on
Monday.
Daily Trust observed family members going round hospitals with pictures of missing persons.
Mallam Ibrahim Talle told our reporter that they had combed the morgues in Plateau Specialist Hospital and the Bingham Teaching Hospital in search of two of his nephews but none of them had been found.
He said the young men had been trading at the area where the bomb had exploded but was quick to point out that "one of our neighbors who survived the blast said that the two of them were not around when the bomb was set off, yet we can't find them. We have gone to the morgue in various hospitals, we have checked the corpses but we are unable to identify them."
Salamatu Ibrahim also told Daily Trust that her nephew who sells second hand wares around the area had been missing since the blast. According to her,... "our uncles and brothers have gone round Plateau Hospital and the Bingham Teaching Hospital yet we are unable to find Hamza's corpse. They have now moved to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) and we are still waiting for them."
She further explained: "his father is devastated because he is his only child. Even if he is dead, we want to at least find his corpse so we can burry him."
Our correspondents also gathered that families of traders as well as passersby around Dillimi street, Gangare and Nasaraw Gwong had been trooping into hospitals in search of remains of their loved ones.
Mamman Barau, a vigilante official in Nasarawa Gwong said they had received many complaints about missing persons and had been working with families to try and identify survivors as well as corpses.
Daily Trust observed family members going round hospitals with pictures of missing persons.
Mallam Ibrahim Talle told our reporter that they had combed the morgues in Plateau Specialist Hospital and the Bingham Teaching Hospital in search of two of his nephews but none of them had been found.
He said the young men had been trading at the area where the bomb had exploded but was quick to point out that "one of our neighbors who survived the blast said that the two of them were not around when the bomb was set off, yet we can't find them. We have gone to the morgue in various hospitals, we have checked the corpses but we are unable to identify them."
Salamatu Ibrahim also told Daily Trust that her nephew who sells second hand wares around the area had been missing since the blast. According to her,... "our uncles and brothers have gone round Plateau Hospital and the Bingham Teaching Hospital yet we are unable to find Hamza's corpse. They have now moved to the Jos University Teaching Hospital (JUTH) and we are still waiting for them."
She further explained: "his father is devastated because he is his only child. Even if he is dead, we want to at least find his corpse so we can burry him."
Our correspondents also gathered that families of traders as well as passersby around Dillimi street, Gangare and Nasaraw Gwong had been trooping into hospitals in search of remains of their loved ones.
Mamman Barau, a vigilante official in Nasarawa Gwong said they had received many complaints about missing persons and had been working with families to try and identify survivors as well as corpses.
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