….Ajumobi consoles Ganduje

Eight of the 16 Kano state secondary students that were in Lagos state for a quiz competition reportedly lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident along Iroko road, via Ibadan, Oyo State, while returning to Kano on Tuesday.

Seven of the students , who were in company of their teachers, were said to have died on the spot, while one out of the nine rescued from the scene, reportedly died few hours after arriving the University College Hospital, Ibadan.

Oyo State Governor, Senator Abiola Ajimobi, while condoling with his Kano State counterpart, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, described the incident, which also reportedly claimed the life of the driver of the bus conveying the students, as highly depressing to him and the people of the state.

Ajimobi had visited the eight surviving victims of the accident at the Accident and Emergency ward of the UCH, where he offered to pick their bills until they were discharged from the hospital.

He was received by the Chief Medical Director of the UCH, Prof. Temitope Alonge; and the Kano State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Kabir Ibrahim, who was said to have arrived  Oyo State with an aircraft to convey the bodies to Kano for burial.

Ajimobi said, “This is most unfortunate and depressing to me and the good people of Oyo State. My heartfelt sympathy goes to the governor of Kano State, parents and the loved ones of the dead students and other victims. May their gentle souls rest in perfect peace.

“They are children and we all have children. So, we have to come and empathize with them. I want to use this opportunity to announce that we will settle the bills and take adequate care of the surviving ones.