The Kebbi State Governor, Dr Nasir Idris, has condoled with the Yauri Local Government Area and Yauri Emirate over the boat mishap that claimed the lives of 14 people.

It was gathered that the incident occurred at Gumbi village in Gumbi ward of Yauri LG after they accompanied a bride to her husband’s house at Gwarzo village in Ngaski LG.

While condoling the victim’s families, the Yauri emirate, the Governor urged them to accept the will of God Almighty in good faith. Justices Wednesday

Idris,who was represented by the Chairman of Yauri LG, Hon. Abubakar Shu’aibu at the funeral for the deceased, prayed to God Almighty to forgive their shortcomings and grant them Jannatul Firdaus.

“I appeal to you to accept this in good faith bearing in mind that nothing happens without the knowledge of our creator. God does what He wants at the time He wants and nobody has the right to question Him,” he said.

While narrating the ideal, the chairman said the accident occured at Gumbi village in Gumbi ward of Yauri LG after they accompanied a bride to her husband’s house at Gwarzo village in Ngaski LG.

“The celebrants were on their way back home when the boat capsised and over 100 people drowned, 14 people consisting of 13 females and a child died.

“All the deceased persons have been buried according to Islamic rites. We pray Allah (SWT) to forgive them and accept their Shahad,” he prayed. (The Sun)

One injured as suspected herdsmen attack UNIZIK students

A student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra state, reportedly sustained injury in an attack by suspected herdsmen.

The victim, undergoing Joint University Preliminary Examination Board (JUPEB) programme, was on his way to a night class with his sister when they were attacked.

He reportedly lost some fingers while trying to defend himself from the hoodlums and was quickly rushed to the hospital.

The mother of the victim in her post via WhatsApp said, “My son’s 3 fingers cut off, twin sister wounded.”

An impeccable source from the University confirmed the incident, but said only one person sustained injury, contrary to the social media report.

The source added that the incident happened around 9 pm outside the axis where students were concentrated, along the Ifite road.

According to the source, “The young man said the people who attacked him were speaking Hausa.

“Being a new student, he’s naive to not have known that moving through a lonely path, particularly at night, can be dangerous.

“Actually, he was walking through that path with his sister, innocently.

“As soon as they saw the attackers, they started running. But the boy was not lucky enough to outrun them.

“It was alarm from the sister that draw attention of those who rescued him and took him to the hospital before the security team were alerted.”

The source assured that an investigation had already commenced and security had been tightened to ensure there was no repeat of such an incident.

It was gathered that officials from the University had visited the victims at the hospital this morning.

According to the source, the officials included Dean of Student Affairs, Prof. Kingsley Ubaoji, CSO, Mr. Ken Chukwura, Director of JUPEB, Prof. C. Akunne, Sub-Dean of Student Affairs, Dr. Anthony Apiti, and a representative of the PRO’s office, Mr. Bonny Nkwuaku.

The university is yet to issue official statement on the incident, while the Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, is yet to respond to messages sent to him as at the time of filing the report. (Nigerian Tribune)