BREAKING: 11 disqualified military applicants, others killed in Jigawa bridge collapse

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Residents say the bridge collapsed following heavy flooding

At least 21 persons, including 11 disqualified military applicants, were reported killed on Sunday as a bridge collapsed in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State.The chairperson of Jigawa Civil Society Forum, Musbahu Basirka, toldthat the victims were travelling in a Hummer commuter bus from Kano to Adamawa when the incident happened.

Mr Basirka said the dead include a teenage girl but one of the applicants reportedly survived with leg fracture. PREMIUM TIMES reported on August 6 how the Jigawa State Government diverted traffic from the highway linking the state and Kano with North-east Nigeria over concerns over the state of a bridge on the route following heavy downpours.However, the bridge marked for the work was not the one affected in the Sunday collapse.

 

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Sad! 💔💔💔 may their soul rest in peace

Hmmmmm? people dying like chicken on daily basis. Oh ok I know someone will still come here and defend the Nigerian government here. We will see where APC will lead their destruction crusade to.

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They have died for the country any which way you want to look at it.

Life has little value in Nigeria

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