No fewer than ten had been crushed to death and several others sustained various degrees of injuries when the famous Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna state collapsed on Friday.
The mosque built over 200 years had undergone different renovations since its establishment.
Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, said the incident occurred when the victims were observing the Asr prayer around 4pm.
“We had earlier observed a crack on the wall of the mosque yesterday (Thursday), and was planning to deploy team of civil engineers to effect repairs, when this unfortunate incident happened,” he said.
The Emir had condoled the family of the deceased, directed that people should pray outside the mosque pending the repairs.
Meanwhile, remains of the deceased persons had been buried according Islamic injunctions.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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