Potiskum (Yobe) – The Executive Secretary of Yobe
Hospitals Management Board, Dr Mamman
Mohammed, has confirmed that 119 casualties
were reported with 30 deaths in the Monday bomb
attack in Potiskum, Yobe. He told Gov. Ibrahim Gaidam, who paid a visit to the
victims at the Potiskum General Hospital that some
of the victims with severe injuries had been referred
to tertiary health institutions in Azare and Nguru. Gaidam directed that free treatment be given to the
victims, saying “the government will bear all the
medical bills of the victims, including those referred
to other hospitals outside the state”. He also condoled with the Shiite group on the death
of their members. Members of the group were presumably attacked
by a suicide bomber while on a procession.