Danliti Ibrahim
Governor Abdullahi Umar Ganduje of Kano state visited families of the 16 victims who were involved in auto crash and died along Kaduna-Abuja expressway, in Dambatta town of Dambatta local government, Saturday.
All the families who come from different locations of Dambatta were gathered in one place in Dambatta town, when the governor condoled with them, amid grief and in a sorry state.
“When we got the information of the accident that involved 16 people from Dambatta local government and another one from Kura local government, as we have just learnt, we were shocked by the tragedy,” he said.
He reminded that, all the families, “…and all of us…” he said, should bear in mind that the tragedy was from Almighty Allah, advising that, “…what is left for us is to continue praying for them.”
One of the families, Sulaiman Muhammad, who represented others, commended the governor for the kind gesture and his concern for what happened. “We are happy that the governor is here with us,” he said.
Wada Shehu, who represented the District Head of Dambatta, appreciated the gesture and good feeling of the governor for his people over the incident.
In a statement by Abba Anwar the Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ganduje said the Governor visited the town with some of his Commissioners, party leaders and elders, Advisers, Heads of Agencies and many other government functionaries.
