On Friday, June 28, at least 14 worshippers lost their lives in Lamwa town, Kura Local Government Area of Kano State, along the Zaria-Kano highway, when a moving truck lost control.
It was gathered that the incident occurred when a truck lost control and struck the worshippers as they were returning from the Juma’at mosque after Friday prayers.
Confirming the incident, the Kano Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Ibrahim Abdullahi, through the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Labaran, in statement on Friday, said that several other persons also sustained varying degrees of injuries.
The Sector Commander said preliminary reports showed that the truck with registration number Reg no: MKA 537 XN lost control and collided with pedestrians who had just concluded observing the Friday prayers.
Labaran said efforts were ongoing to ascertain the exact circumstances surrounding the crash.
He expressed his condolences to the families of the deceased and emphasised the corps’ commitment to road safety, urging all road users to adhere strictly to traffic regulations to prevent such avoidable tragedies.
