Kaduna Govt Urged To Probe Zaria Mosque Collapse

A group, Muslim Media Watch Group of Nigeria (MMWG) has called on the Kaduna State Government to probe the Zaria Central Mosque collapse which claimed the lives of innocent people.

The group made the call in a statement signed by its national coordinator, Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim.

It wondered how the incident could have happened since the mosque is not an old building or a makeshift structure, pointing out that negligence on the part of some people must have caused the unfortunate incident.

“According to reports, not more than 48 hours after the Mosque located in front of the Emir of Zaria’s Palace was reported to have been cracked, rehabilitation work commenced. How could you be rehabilitating the damaged part without cordoning-off the danger-zone to prevent people from occupying the place for prayers,” the group queried.

The MMWG also said that civil and structural engineers doing the rehabilitation work needed to prevent the incident that occurred by putting a barrier that could prevent innocent worshippers from occupying the area under reconstruction.

While sympathising with the emir of Zaria, Amb.  Ahmed Nuhu Bamali and the families of the dead, the group admonished the emir to allow the Kaduna State government to probe the incident to forestall a recurrence.