Injured survivors of Saturday’s suicide bombing that killed 7 and injured 33 persons in Damaturu, Yobe State capital, are lamenting their ordeals, saying that they suffered partial deafness from the blast, while medics still battle to keep them alive.

Some of the victims of the blast, mostly teenagers, yesterday managed to speak with our reporters on their sick beds even as they pleaded for better medical attention.

Habu Garba, a 13-year-old boy, who could barely speak as he was still in pains, said he was on an errand in the commercial area when the blast suddenly occurred.

“I don’t know who brought the bomb or who detonated it but all I know is that I heard a loud bang and everywhere became dark. I think I fell down until I later woke up to find myself being held in the hospital”, said Garba.

Falmata Bukar, an 11-year-old girl, according to her parents, was sent to hawk wares before the bomb went off.

Ahmed Makaba Abdul, 22, who also suffered major injuries as a result of the blast, said “it was God that saved my life, because I was not really far away from the scene of the explosion. But the explosion was very deafening to the extent that at the time of the explosion, most of us could not hear any sound for some time.

Hospital sources in Damaturu said some of the blast victims may soon be transferred to the University Teaching Hospital, Maiduguri as their critical conditions could not be addressed effectively in the state.

The Yobe State government had promised to foot the bills for the medical treatments of all the victims on admission.