The J5 bus carrying more than 35 Muslims to Samunaka, in the Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State, to celebrate Maulud, collided head-on with an articulated vehicle near Samunaka, resulting in their deaths in a horrific motor vehicle accident.
One of the organizers of the Maulud celebration, Malam Abdullahi, told media in an interview yesterday that the accident had disorganized their preparations to celebrate the Maulud, despite the fact that the authorities had not yet responded to the tragedy.
According to him, 35 further casualties had been transferred to a nearby medical institution in Plateau State to receive treatment.
According to him, a motorbike and another car in their group collided, killing several of the passengers and seriously injuring others.
There were perhaps 70 persons, including women and children, according to the head count I conducted. It was a depressing event. The injured have been transported to JUTH in Jos for medical care,” he stated.
Following a boat accident in the state’s Gummi Local Government Area, the Zamfara State Government has reported that 40 people have died.
According to reports, a boat carrying 40 people overturned in the Bakin Kasuwa River in the Uban Dawaki hamlet on Sunday.
The governor called the occurrence a “monumental disaster,” according to Sulaiman Idris, the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor on Media and Publicity, who verified the incident.
We learned of the catastrophic boat disaster that claimed over 40 lives on the Bakin Kasuwa River in the Gummi Local Government Area’s Uban Dawaki ward.
The State Emergency Management Agency, or SEMA, has been instructed by the governor to start the deceased bodies’ recovery and rescue right now.
The statement added, “The governor also instructed the agency to act immediately to determine the extent of the accident and provide urgent assistance.”
It further stated that the governor gave the Commissioner for Humanitarian and humanitarian Matters instructions to give the victims and their relatives humanitarian supplies right now.
In addition, Idris stated, “Governor Lawal prays for the deceased victims’ souls, grieves with their families, and assures them of the state government’s commitment to prevent such occurrence in the future.”
Recall that the same council recently experienced a flood tragedy that damaged nearly 2000 homes, several farmlands, and agricultural products worth millions of naira.
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