The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed the number of casualties involved in the twin bomb blast which occurred at midnight, yesterday, at Kuje and Nyanya, both satellite towns of the Nigerian capital, Abuja.

Coordinator of the agency’s Abuja Operation, Mr. Ishaya Chonoko, put the death toll at 15. He said that two persons have been reported dead at Nyanya while 21 were injured. At Kuje, 13 persons lost their lives while 20 were critically injured, Mr. Chonoko said.

He disclosed that the bodies of the victims have been evacuated to the Asokoro General Hospital and National Hospital, Abuja.

Meanwhile, NEMA Director General, Mohammed Sani-Sidi, who led some of the evacuations and visited victims in the hospitals, has assured that the government would foot the medical bill of the victims. He also reiterated the need for security consciousness among the citizens by reporting any suspicious objects and strange movement in their localities to security agencies.

•Photo shows officials briefing the presidential delegation at one of the scenes of the bomb blast . . . this morning in Abuja.