How 400 newspaper vendors, agencies, The Sun staff escaped death in Kaduna bomb blast

The suspect who allegelly drove into the The Sun premises

If the Thursday suicide bomber that hit the Kaduna offices of The Sun, Thisday and The Moment newspapers had succeeded, over 400 newspapers vendors, agents as well as staff of the media houses would have perished. According to the Secretary of Kaduna Newspapers distributors Association, Joseph Anebi, it was on that day that over 400 of his members, including the street vendors usually  made payment to the newspapers organizations for the supply received.
 Anebi said if the bomb had exploded by the bomber’s initial plan, all his members would have been trapped and killed in the incident, adding that it would have been more devastating because the central business area of the newspapers distributions was directly behind the scene of the incident.

 However, he said one of his members whom he simply gave the name as Daddy was injured in the blast, and that he was receiving treatment at the 44 Army Reference hospital, Kaduna. “We are appealing to both the Federal and State Governments to beef up security to avert future occurrence since the target of the bombers is now media houses and we are part of the media organizations workers either directly or indirectly.” Anebi said.