Abuja Blast: I Lost My Driver Because Of N10 Photocopy An educational consultant, Shuaibu Adamu Baba, yesterday told how he hired a driver, one Sani Mohammed, all the way from Niger State to submit a business proposal document in Abuja but lost the driver in the EMAB shopping mall bomb blast of Wednesday. Baba, who was practically weeping as he spoke with LEADERSHIP, said he was feeling guilty over Sani’s death because, according to him, the driver initially refused to go but was compelled after much entreaty. Sani, a husband of three wives and father of eight children, was among the victims who were inside their vehicles right in front of the plaza when the bomb exploded. He said he lost the driver because he wanted to make a N10 photocopy for an acknowledgement copy of the business proposal inside the EMAB Plaza. Baba said: “Sani Mohammed never wanted to come to work, but I pleaded with him to bring me to town. The driver is a father to eight children and husband to three wives. “I am a consultant. I was to submit a letter; so I said I should make an acknowledgement copy. That was how I decided to come to EMAB Plaza to make the photocopy. I went inside the business centre while my driver waited for me inside the car. It was while he was waiting that the bomb went off and he died. “The annoying part is that he never wanted to come to work today. I was the one who pleaded with him to bring me to the office. And he is dead just because of N10.” Adamu, who is a Niger State indigene, said the blast was full of horror: “I have not seen this type of destruction before, but today I will tell anybody that I have seen it. There were a lot of human bodies scattered. Some of the human bodies you cannot see them complete. They were in pieces. And you can see some of the security agents have been picking the human bodies and putting them inside nylon bags. These people are victims of circumstances because they came here for business. “This driver was not supposed to bring me here but I had to compel him to bring me here and this is the end. And he is the one taking care of his wives and children. These children attend school and he was their breadwinner; so how are we going to care for them?” Phone call saved my life A phone repairer inside the plaza, who gave his name as Chigozie Emeka, said he was about going out to have his lunch when he received a phone call from a female client who wanted to know if he had finished her phone. He said, “I was heading to the gate to eat when I received the call. I stood there trying to explain to her that I was not done with her work; it was then that the bomb went off. I was just lucky to have survived because if I had not received that call, I would have walked straight into the blast.” Meanwhile, the security agents said they have arrested a Bauchi State indigene who sponsored the 486 travellers arrested in Abia State on suspicion of insurgency. The spokesman of the Department of State Serices, Ms Marilyn Ogar, who briefed journalists alongside police spokesman ACP Frank Mba, said the suspect was currently helping the agencies with useful information. Although they refused to disclose the full identity of the suspected sponsor, the duo spokesmen assured that they would make his identity public as soon as investigation was over.
Posted on: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 08:01:23 +0000
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