How Editor Of New Telegraph Suleiman Bisalla Was Killed As Sponsor of 144 Abia Alleged Boko Haram Travelers Released, But Sponsor Held, Says FG ? Lagos Explosion Too

                                 




Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that the Managing Editor (North), New Telegraph, Suleiman Bisalla, was among the 21 people killed at about 4pm at the popular Emab Plaza in Wuze area of the FCT.

Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that Bisalla left the Abuja office of the New Telegraph newspaper at about 3.30pm Wednesday for the EMAB plaza to go and fix his phone, where he met his untimely death.
Bisalla’s corpse has been deposited at the Maitama General Hospital, where he and others killed in the blast were taken to.

Bisalla’s younger brother, Mohammed, who was the only person allowed into the hospital among many that trooped to the hospital, confirmed the death.

He was allowed into the mortuary where he saw the lifeless body of his elder brother.

Bisalla, a former Deputy Editor with the Daily Trust Newspaper in Abuja, joined the New Telegraph newspaper late last year.

The late Managing Editor hailed from Gindiri in Mangul Local Government Area of Plateau State.

He holds master’s degree in International Relations, which he obtained from the University of Jos.

Bisalla was married with children.

To this the Nigerian media was thrown into mourning from Lagos to Abuja to Sokoto to Borno to Rivers state as journalists were seen observing a moment of quietude for his gentle soul to rest in peace.

Editors Guild and NUJ are mourning  his demise as well as Telegraph and Daily Trust where he worked last.
Mr Afam Ilunoh , a strong PDP man although worked for Ifeanyi Ubah and wife narrowly escaped being killed by 3 minutes but Bisalla was not that lucky. 

Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports that in Abuja, the two suicide bombers came in a white vehicle. They were prevented from driving into the plaza by private security personnel stationed at the gate who insisted on searching the vehicle.

The driver was said to have refused to be searched by the security men and opted to park outside the gate. He and the other occupants were said to have come out of the vehicle after parking it and waited for sometime before the explosion occurred.
Most of the dead victims were women who sell banana and other fruits at the gate. There were also several others who sold other food items that died in the blast.
Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports further that one of the suspected sponsors of the 486 people travelling in 35 busses to Port Harcourt, Rivers State, but arrested in Abia State, had been identified by security agents.
Coordinator of the National Informa­tion Centre (NIC), Mr. Mike Omeri, who disclosed this at a press briefing on efforts being made to secure the release of abducted Chibok secondary school­girls and anti-insurgency war yesterday, however, refused to name the sponsor.
Altogether, “144 of the number have been released.  It is expected that the media and the general public will be kept abreast of further developments.  Importantly, one of the suspected spon­sors connected with the package of the trip has been named and investigation is painstakingly continuing to unravel the issues involved in the incident.” Omeri stated.
He also debunked reports that about 60 women and children were allegedly abducted last weekend.  Findings, he said, “indicate that there is nothing on the ground to prove any act of abduction as reported.
“It is on record that our findings were also corroborated by the position of the Borno State Government as conveyed by Governor Kashim Shettima, who said that there are no sufficient facts on the alleged abduction of 60 persons.
“We hereby wish to state that based on available facts before us, there was no abduction of 60 persons in Borno State,” he declared.

Odogwuemekaodogwu.com reports also that the  busy Creek Road,  Apapa, Lagos was thrown into pandemonium, Wednesday night, when an explosives-laden car went off at Folawiyo Fuel Depot.

The  explosion occurred at about 9:30pm; affecting four buildings, including two banks.

At press time,  it was gathered that no fewer than four people were feared killed in the blast.