Thirteen people died while 70 others sustained injuries in a motor accident along Kaita /Dankama Highway, Katsina State on Thursday night.
Although details of the circumstances surrounding the accident were still sketchy by Friday morning, it was learnt that a majority of the passengers inside the truck were from the neighbouring Niger Republic .
The witnesses added that 70 sheep were also killed in the accident.
The PUNCH learnt that those who sustained injuries have been taken to the Federal Medical centre , Katsina General hospital and Amadi Rimi Orthopaedic Hospital, all in Katsina, for treatment.
However, the Katsina State Government sent a delegation to attend the funeral prayers and burial of the deceased on Thursday night at Dantakum graveyard located within Katsina metropolis.
The delegation included Commissioners of Local Governments, Alhaji Ya ’ u -Umar Gwajo -Gwajo and that of Sports and Social Development , Alhaji Sani Danlami , as well as Governor Aminu Masari ’ s Senior Special Assistant on Restoration Alhaji Sabo Musa and Head of Kaita Local Government Administration among others .
The government delegation also visited the injured at the hospitals on Thursday night .
The spokesman for the Katsina police command , SP Gambo Isah, was yet to react to the accident as of the time of filing this report .
