Nigeria: Gombe Blast - Red Cross Says Injured Persons Stranded At Home Due to Curfew

25 February 2012

Some people injured in the Friday bomb blast in Gombe are stranded at home and cannot go hospital for medical attention due to the 24-hour curfew imposed on the state capital.

The Secretary of the Nigeria Red Cross in the state, Malam Abubakar Yakubu, said in Gombe on Saturday that his men had been busy helping such people by conveying them to the hospital.

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