family were during the weekend crushed to death in
a fatal road mishap that occurred in Kano.
Eleven other persons suffered varying degrees of
injury in the accident, which occurred at Gwarzo-
Kano road.
It was gathered that the victims were on their way
to a naming ceremony.
Eyewitnesses told newsmen that 27 members of an
extended family, including the drivers of the Toyota
Hiace buses, were involved, out of which 16 died.
They were family members of the former Managing
Director of the Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria,
Halilu Getso.
It was gathered that the two buses were overtaking
another vehicle and in the process collided with an
oncoming truck.
The Kano State Commander of the Federal Road
Safety Corps, Mallam Aminu Usman, confirmed the
accident.
He noted that the bodies of the dead, mostly youths,
had been evacuated and buried according to Muslim
rites.
