{"id":94973,"date":"2022-05-17T17:18:05","date_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=94973"},"modified":"2022-05-17T17:18:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-17T16:18:05","slug":"update-nema-recovers-nine-dead-bodies-from-kano-explosion-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/update-nema-recovers-nine-dead-bodies-from-kano-explosion-site\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: NEMA recovers nine dead bodies from Kano explosion site"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has recovered nine dead bodies from the scene of an explosion that rocked a primary school building in Sabon Gari area of Kano state.<\/p>\n<p>A statement by NEMA\u2019s spokesperson, Manzo Ezekiel, revealed that the Director-General, NEMA, Mustapha Ahmed, was at the site of the incident and coordinated rescue operations.<\/p>\n<p>The statement reads: \u201c9 dead bodies have been recovered so far from the rubbles of a collapsed builldng beside a primary school following explosions from gas cylinder at Aba Road in Sabon Gari area of Kano.<br \/>\n\ufffc<br \/>\n\u201cDirector-General National Emergency Management Agency, Mustapha Habib Ahmed, was at the site of the incident and coordinated the rescue operations. He mobilised excavators being used for the rescue operations and said NEMA team will ensure complete removal of the rubbles to retrieve all trapped persons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFurthermore, the DG instructed the NEMA rescue team to remain at the site until conclusion of the rescue and to work together with security agencies and other response organisations present at the location.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNEMA is presently coordinating the rescue operations involving members, Nigerian Red Cross, military, the Nigerian Police, Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps, Kano SEMA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Earlier reports had suggested that the explosion was the handiwork of a suicide bomber, but police authorities have confirmed that it was a gas explosion.<\/p>\n<div class=\"yj6qo\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"adL\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) says it has recovered nine dead bodies from the scene of an explosion that rocked a primary school building in Sabon Gari area of&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":94974,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-94973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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