No less than twenty five students and staff members of Adamawa State Polytechnic, Yola, were affected in the blast at Jambutu Jumaat Mosque on Friday.
The State Commissioner for Higher Education, Alhaji HAMID RUFAI, made this known while speaking with newsmen in Yola on Saturday.
RUFAI said four of the twenty five students lost their lives while the rest, including two staff members, sustained various degrees of injury.
Report says the affected mosque belonged to the polytechnic community which is located on the Jambutu campus, about five kilometers away from the main campus.
Meanwhile, the casualty figure in the blast has risen to thirty three deaths from the initial twenty seven.
Meanwhile the Federal Government has sent a delegation to commiserate with the People of Adamawa over the bomb blast.
The delegation which was led by the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, LAWAL BABACHIR, visited the Specialist Hospital and the Federal Medical Centre to see the patients.
In a related development; three suicide bombers attacked a military check-point today along Damboa road in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital , and killing four persons.
The attack, which occurred in the early hours of today, also left six persons injured.
Report says the blasts were targeted at security operatives.
