The body of a female suicide bomber behind the Kuje attacks in the Federal Capital Territory has been located and taken to the National Hospital in Abuja for forensic analysis.
Also, as at 7pm, official confirmation indicated that 18 person were killed in the bomb explosions in Nyanya and Kuje.
The government also said 41 others were injured.
According to investigation by our correspondent, security agencies have discovered that a female bomber was used by Boko Haram to wreak havoc in Kuje.
A top security source said: “The said female bomber was wired by the insurgents. We were able to retrieve her corpse for forensic examination.
“The outcome of the forensic analysis may provide some intelligence for the military and security agencies.
“The corpse of the female bomber is already in the morgue at the National Hospital in Abuja.
“We have placed all the six districts in the FCT under 24-hour surveillance to ward off such invasion by the insurgents.”
Meanwhile, the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) yesterday confirmed that 18 persons were killed in the explosions in Kuje and Nyanya.
It also said 41 people were injured bringing the number of victims to 59.
The Abuja Zonal Coordinator of the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), Ishayah Chonoko, said: “After the evacuation of victims of bomb blast in satellite towns of Kuje and Nyanya to various hospitals in Abuja city, NEMA has confirmed that 59 people were affected.
“Eighteen (18) persons lost their lives and forty one (41) got injured.
While three deaths and 21 injured victims were recorded in Nyanya incident, 15 persons lost their lives in Kuje with 20 persons being treated for injury.
“Meanwhile the Director General of the National Emergency Management Agency, (NEMA), 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.
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