{"id":3333,"date":"2022-05-30T16:42:55","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=3333"},"modified":"2023-08-29T16:04:11","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:04:11","slug":"only-god-saved-my-life-injured-victim-of-kogi-explosion-speaks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/only-god-saved-my-life-injured-victim-of-kogi-explosion-speaks\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Only God Saved My Life,&#8217; Injured Victim of Kogi Explosion Speaks\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">One of the 11 injured victims of <a href=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/2022\/05\/30\/another-explosion-rocks-kabba-in-kogi\/\">Sunday explosion in Kogi State,<\/a> Omofemi Oyehunwa has recounted her story, stating that God saved her life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Oyehunwa who owns the bar where the explosion happened was taken with the ten others to Kabba General Hospital where she received treatment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">She expressed concern over the attack, describing it as \u201cwicked and deadly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cOnly God saved my life from the blast. \u201cI give thanks to God that I am not just alive but I can still walk despite the injury I sustained.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">&#8220;I am grateful that nobody died in the blast\u201d, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">She called on the government and the police, in particular, to ensure that the culprits are found, arrested and prosecuted to serve as a deterrent to other criminal elements in the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The management of the hospital confirmed receiving no fewer than 11 victims of the explosion.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cShortly after the blast, 11 persons, including the owner of a beer parlour, were taken to this hospital for medical attention\u201d, Dr Ibrahim Sule, Head of the X-Ray Unit, told newsmen.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The hospital management said the owner of the bar where the explosion occurred, Mrs Omofemi Oyehunwa, was taken to the X-Ray Unit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cAs you can see, she is out of the X-Ray Unit, walking by herself, which shows that she\u2019s fast recovering from the injury she sustained on her buttocks,\u201d Dr Sule said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; 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