Speaker Dogara Condoles with Kano over Students’ Deaths

The House of Representatives Speaker, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara, has condoled with the parents, government and people of Kano state over the loss of students who had gone to represent the state at a quiz competition in Lagos.
Seven Kano State students and their driver who died along Lagos-Ibadan expressway were on Thursday buried in Kano, amid tears. The funeral prayer was conducted at the Emir’s Palace, Kano, around 9 a.m., and the deceased were buried at the Tarauni cemetary.

Among those that attended the prayer were Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje, members of the state Executive Council, other top government officials as well as parents and sympathisers.