16 die in 2 road accidents in Katsina

Alhaji Abdu Bagadawa, its Sector Commander in the state, disclosed on Thursday in Katsina that the accidents occurred at night, on Wednesday.

According to him, the first occurred on Mani-Katsina road and killed nine passengers, while nine others were injured.

“The other accident occurred on Kano-Katsina road at Fanga village in Kankia, killing seven passengers and leaving 13 others with various degrees of injuries,” he said.

He said that the corpses and injured persons had been taken to the General Hospitals in Mani and Kankia.