How The Man Who Challenged Jos Suicide Bomber Died In The Blast Meant For Over 400 Football Fans

Relatives of the victims Jos saturday bombing

Contrary to reports that only the bomber died in a failed attempt in Jos on Saturday, 4 people actually lost their lives . That night, Over 400 football fans had  gathered to watch the EUFA Championship League match between Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid. Three people were confirmed dead on the spot in the blast while the fourth died on Sunday morning thus raising the death toll to four.

According to Punch, One of the football lovers at the centre, Muhammed Ibrahim, said over 400 youths were watching the match when the incident happened.

    “The viewing centre is large. Television sets were placed at various points and it was crowded and in fact, over 400 of us would have been killed had the bomber succeeded,”

HOW I LOST MY WIFE, DAUGHTER AND SISTER-IN-LAW IN THE JOS BOMB BLAST- HEARTBROKEN TEACHER

This is heart wrenching, losing 3 members of your family in one day!! Yet  this is exactly what happened to Mr. Chris Ishe, a teacher at Kent Academy, Miango, Plateau State, he lost his wife, daughter and sister-in-law to the Jos Bomb Blast on 20th of May..He told Punch his touching story:

    That morning, we all woke up quite early to have morning devotion. My wife then said she was going to visit an uncle at the old Jos Teaching Hospital. At around 8am, I said goodbye to my family and headed for the office. Later that day, at round 5pm, I got a call informing me about the bomb blasts in Jos. The first thought that crossed my mind was ‘my wife is in Jos.’

Faces of UniJos students who died in the Jos Bomb Blast (PHOTOS)

These are some faces of the students of University of Jos who lost their lives in that unfortunate and wicked bomb blast two days ago. The school authorities had earlier annouced the death of 15 students in the Jos bomb blast, eight of whom were final year medical students.

The final year students had finished practical lectures held at the Jos university teaching hospital (Juth) which is close to terminus market and were returning when they got caught up in the blast..

So young and full of life. Dreams buried....May they Rest In Peace.

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JOS BOMBING: THE DEATH TOLL CONTINUES TO RISE

The death toll in the Tuesday bombing in Jos continue to rise as rescue workers continue their recue operations, mortuaries are said to be full.
Eyewitnesses account put the death toll at about 150.

    One of the eyewitnesses said, the bomber in the first car stopped it abruptly along the busy Muritala Mohammed Way which is very close to the old site of the Jos University Teaching Hospital.

    The suicide bomber was said to have left the car for minutes to cause enough traffic build-up before he returned and detonated the explosives in it. The explosion was heard all over Jos and Bukuru metropolis.
The first bomb, which was said to have been detonated by a suicide bomber in a Fiat car, happened at about 3pm when the market was at its height. The second blast occurred from a Toyota Sienna about 20 metres from the scene of the first.