An outcry has enveloped Nigerian Newspaper, New Telegraph, as its Managing Editor, Northern Operations, Mr. Suleiman Bisala, has been identified as one of the victims of the bomb blast at the Emab Plaza, Abuja on Wednesday.



His elder brother,  Mohammed Bisala, who confirmed the death in a telephone interview with our correspondent, said his corpse was found at the Maitama Hospital mortuary. The remains of Bisala would be buried in Abuja on Thursday.

He said, "Yes, we have lost Bisala. He died in the bomb blast. We found his corpse inside the Maitama Hospital mortuary. It is bad.

"I’m his elder brother. We will bury him in Abuja on Thursday."

Before his appointment in the New Telegraph in 2013, Bisala was Deputy Editor of Daily Trust.