Bola Tinubu Mourns 40 Killed In Maulud Day 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.

According to the statement by the Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, 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 state.

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.

He also directed the Federal Road Safety Commission to improve highway monitoring and reduce the number of road accidents nationwide.

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