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. Scores of others were injured.
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, in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, condoled the families of the dead and injured and the governments of Kaduna and Plateau states.
He prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed.
The president directed the Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) to improve highway monitoring and reduce the number of road accidents nationwide.
