Entertainment | Gist | Hollywood | Events | Celebrity Gossips!!!
Wednesday, April 01, 2015
Seven People Die In Kano While Celebrating Buhari’s Victory
According to a report on Daily Trust Seven persons have lost their lives in Kano state during the celebration of the victory of General Muhammadu Buhari victory on Tuesday night, emergency workers have said.
The reports says that five out of the seven persons were children who were crushed by a motorist riding on high speed along Kofar Dawanau in Dala local government area of the state.
An emergency worker at the Murtala Mohammed Specialist Hospital told Daily Trust that seven persons were confirmed dead at the hospital on Tuesday night.
He said the deceased were brought to the hospital from different locations were residents trooped out to celebrate Buhari’s victory.
When reporters went to the hospital around 10.am on Wednesday, nine persons who sustained various degrees of injuries were seen at the Emergency unit receiving medical attention.
In an interview, Rabiu Adamu who was at the emergency unit said he was hit by a speeding vehicle when he went out to their neighbourhood in order to watch the celebration.
“Five persons were confirmed dead when we were brought to the Hospital, their lifeless bodies have been taken by their parents,” he said.
A 10-year-old boy who was brought from Bebeji local government area of the state was seen with injuries on his head and legs at the emergency unit.
We also learnt only two corpses were deposited at the morgue.
One of the workers told reporters that one of the deceased was a boy who was hit by a speeding vehicle and that the other was killed by political thugs.
When contacted, the spokesperson of the Kano Police Command, ASP Magaji Musa Majia said the case has not been formally reported.
He urged the general public to be cautious in the celebration to avoid more casualties, just as he advised parents to warn their children against jumping to major roads in celebration.
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
TRENDING
-
Falcao got off the mark for the hosts but the Premier League champions suffered a rare defeat at Stamford Bridge, with the prospect of ba...
-
The police on Thursday arraigned a 29-year-old businessman, Manya Obiora in a Kado Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, for assaulting two police...
-
A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the bankers of Plateau and Benue States to appear in court on June 1 to show why they should n...
-
L-R: Special Adviser to Ogun State Governor on MDGs, Mrs. Hafsat Abiola-Costello, Wife of the State House of assembly Speaker, Mrs. Oluwa...
-
A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, was verbally attacked by a thug while he was been his accredited at polling unit ...
-
PDP jittery over 6 INEC staffs that got arrested with missing card readers and result sheets in AbiaThe All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, has alleged that the ruling party in Abia State is working round the clock to compromise the A...
-
According to the person who shared the pictures on twitter, these are alleged Boko Haram members disguised as women. They had an accident...
-
Unilag's Non-Teaching staff protested today at the school's Senate Building over months of not getting their salaries. Photo cre...
-
The 51 year old British/American singer who famously dated Simon Cowell on/off for 20 years, deliberately raised her high slit dress to...
-
The actress who welcomed twins a few months ago showed off her hot figure in a tight print dress in a series of photos she shared on Face...
No comments:
Post a Comment