Tinubu mourns death of 40 Tijjaniyya Movement members in tragic road accident
President Bola Tinubu on Tuesday commiserated with the Tijjaniyya Movement in Nigeria over the death of 40 of its members killed in an auto crash on Sunday.
Scores of others were injured in the incident.
The victims were on their way from Kwandari in Plateau after celebrating Maulud in Saminaka, Kaduna State, when their bus collided with a truck at Lere, Kaduna.
Mr Tinubu condoled the victims’ families and the governments of Kaduna and Plateau states, Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, said in a statement,
He prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed.
The president directed the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) to improve highway monitoring and reduce the number of road accidents nationwide.
(NAN)
