No fewer than four officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) were confirmed dead and seven critically injured after a ghastly road accident in Kano on Sunday.
The fatal incident which occurred near Kura town along Kano/Zaria highway on Sunday evening involved an 18-passenger Nissan Bus, an official vehicle of the service disclosed.
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Confirming the ugly development, the spokesperson of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kano State Command, Abdullahi Labaran, told The Guardian on telephone that the incident that involved nine men of the service ensued as a result of sudden tyre burst.
However, a source within the service who do not want his name in print revealed that four officers of the service died in the accident and several others were wounded as against the figure released by FRSC.
The source disclosed that the victims of the accident along other officers were in a long convoy enroute to Abuja after attending a passing out parade ceremony held on Saturday in Kano.
The bodies of those that lost their lives and those critically injured have been taken to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital.
Confirming the incident, the Nigerian Immigration Service Public Relations Officer Kano Command, DSI Nura Musa Ya’u, says that four officers of the Service died in the accident and several others were wounded.
Also, DCI AA Aridegbe, the National Public Relations Officer of the Service said that as a result of the unfortunate incident, all commands and formations are hereby instructed to fly flags at half mast for seven days while three days of mourning should be observed.