By Egena Sunday
President Bola Tinubu has condoled with members and leaders of the Tijjaniyya Movement in Nigeria over the death of 40 members killed in an auto crash on Sunday.
Scores of others were injured, Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, said in a statement on Tuesday.
The victims were on their way from Kwandari in Plateau State to a Maulud Nabiy celebratory event in Saminaka, Kaduna State when their bus collided with a truck at Lere town of Kaduna State, the statement affirmed.
President Tinubu condoled with the families of the dead and injured and with the governments of Kaduna and Plateau states, it said, adding that the President prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed.
“The President directs the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) to improve highway monitoring and reduce the number of road accidents nationwide,” according to the statement.
