In his account, Emmanuel
Bassey, a 40-year-old bus park tout who survived the blast revealed his
encounter with the suicide bomber before he struck.
Bassey
who claimed to work for Ezewanta Group of Motors stated that “the guy
came in a blue Golf car, I could recall that he was dark in complexion
and appeared to be in his mid 30’s. He was calm during my brief
interaction with him and did not look harmful. I asked him where he was
going, and he said, ‘I have not decided’, and in no time some of my
colleagues at the park were rushing towards him and suddenly he sped
off, applied brake close to a loaded vehicle and in a twinkle of an eye,
I heard a loud bang that sent me sprawling on the ground”, Bassey
explained.He revealed that four of his colleagues who were running after him to ascertain which part of the southern part of the country he wanted to go all died on the spot due to the impact of the blast.
Bassey who suffered second degree burns cried out: “Men, I saw hell and believed that I was going to die before some good Samaritan brought me to the hospital.
Bassey lost his skin and his stomach was ripped open by the blast but has undergone several procedures and appeared to be in a stable condition. Bassey who complained of excessive heat on his sick bed displayed a deep hole on his stomach saying: “I was simply not lucky on the day of carnage but all the same I give glory to God that I am alive but I hope government will do their best to bring the perpetrators to book”.
