13 Die In Jigawa Building Collapse, Auto Crash

Three children from the family of one Garba Lawan of Yakatasawa village of Ringim council died in the building collapse which occurred during a torrential rainfall in the early hours of yesterday.

The spokesperson of Jigawa State police command, Lawan Shisu Adam, said in the early hours of yesterday, Malam Garba noticed the collapse of one of mudrooms in his house where his three children were sleeping.“As police received the report they rushed to the scene and in collaboration with the local community, the debris where removed and the victims were rushed to Ringim General Hospital and they were all confirmed dead by a medical doctor.

An eyewitness, Ibrahim Shehu, confirmed to LEADERSHIP that the accident which involved Honda model UK and Golf wagon happened as a result of overtaking which resulted to a head-on collision. He revealed that the Honda, a private car was from Garki on its way to Kano while the Golf wagon a commercial car was from Kano to Gumel when the accident occurred.

According to the information officer of Garki local government, among those that died in the accident was Malam Abdullahi a lecturer with department of Biological Science Bayero University Kano and the official driver of Garki local government chairman, Malam Nasiru Yusif.

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