No fewer than 35 Muslims on their way to Saminaka, Lere Local Government Area of Kaduna State to celebrate Maulud, died in a ghastly motor accident when the J5 bus conveying them was involved in a head on collision with another vehicle.
Although the authorities were yet to react to the incident, one of the organisers of the Maulud celebration, Malam Abdullahi told journalists in an interview on Monday,that the accident had disorganised their earlier plans to celebrate the Maulud.
He said they had moved about 35 other victims to a medical facility in nearby Plateau State where they were currently receiving treatment for varying injuries sustained from the accident.
He confirmed that another vehicle on their entourage also clashed with a motorbike, leaving some of the occupants dead and others sustaining varying degrees of injury.
” I did the head count, there were about 70 people including women and children. It was a sad development. We’ve taken the injured to JUTH in Jos for medical attention,” he said.
