The Spokesman of the Nigerian police, CSP Frank Mba, told newsmen that 12 persons died in the latest explosion at Nyanya, the Federal Capital of Abuja.

Mba who spoke at the scene of the incident that 19 others were injured and were now receiving treatment at the various hospitals in the city. According to him, the casualties figures were “provisional” and that investigation into the explosion had already commenced.

Eyewitnesses told NAN that the incident occurred from a Volkswagen golf car which drove from the Keffi end of the road and exploded just about 50 metres away from the scene of the April 14 blast.

With additional checkpoints in the area, vehicles passing through the area are now being subjected to stop and search.

Meanwhile, authorities of the National Hospital have confirmed that six dead bodies, victims of the explosion, have been deposited at the hospital’s mortuary.

The hospital’s spokesman, Dr Tayo Haastrup, told NAN that another nine were receiving treatment. He said medical personnel have been mobilised to attend to the injured and many of them have been stabilised.

He, however, said the hospital was finding it difficult to cope with the number since it has still some victims of the last explosion on admission.

Haastrup said as a result two victims of the Thursday blast would be moved to Federal Staff Hospital