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| Sokoto Gov, Wamakko |
No fewer
than 15 passengers drowned last Thursday night when the vehicle they were
traveling in suddenly lost control and plunged into River Rima in Goronyo Local
Government Area of Sokoto State.
An
eyewitness said the victims were returning from a journey to their hometown,
Dan-Wawaru village en-route Takakume village in the same local government
area.
“They
attended a religious ceremony on the fateful day and the driver was assumed to
have fallen asleep, and as a result he lost control of the vehicle,” he said.
Spokesman
of the state police command, DSP Al- Mustapha Sani confirmed the incident to
newsmen in Sokoto on Saturday.
Sani said
that the ill-fated Avensis Toyota model vehicle was conveying 17 persons at
the time of the accident, and that only two of them survived.
He said
that the remains of the deceased were evacuated by the police attached to the
Goronyo police division.
Sani said
that the dead persons had since been buried by their respective families
according to Islamic rites.
Sunday
Sun learnt
that the state Governor, Alhaji Aliyu Magatakarda Wamakko was saddened by the
incident.
An aide
of the governor said the governor had since condoled with the families of the
deceased, urging them to regard the incident as an act of God, and prayed God
for the repose of their souls.
Sunday Sun
1 comment:
so Sad, God have mercy
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