Breaking: Many Killed As Bridge Constructed By Governor Rabiu Kwankwaso Collapses In Kano

by Musa Abdullahi 

Many are reportedly killed as bridge constructed by governor Rabiu Kwankwaso collapses on Sunday with many others critically injured.

Eyewitness accounts say, ” Dead bodies were moved to a nearby hospital, we saw more than 20 people carried to the clinic apart form the Injured”.

In it’s usual way of avoiding to report actual casualty figures, the Nigerian Police reacts in a statement with a different number from those present at the scene of the unfortunate incident.

No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed, the state Police Command said.

The command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, confirmed the incident in an interview.

Majiya said the incident happened around 4:45 p.m. when the bridge, which was still under construction, caved in and collapsed on a car, which was passing underneath it.

“The workers at the site had warned motorists not to pass because they were working on the bridge but the driver of the taxi allegedly ignored the warning.

“So, the moment he moved; before he passed, the bridge caved in and collapsed on the vehicle, which led to the death of seven persons,’’ he said.

According to him, the vehicle has since been evacuated from the scene while the corpses have been deposited at a hospital morgue.

Majiya said the police had also commenced investigation into the cause of the incident.