Politics

Tinubu mourns victims of Maulud auto crash 

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.

A statement issued on Tuesday by Bayo Onanuga, Special Adviser to the President (Information and Strategy) noted that scores of others were injured.

It informed that 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.

President Tinubu condoled with the families of the dead and injured and with the governments of Kaduna and Plateau states.

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.

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