Four personnel of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Sunday died in a road crash on the Kano-Abuja road.
The service confirmed the development in a Monday statement signed by its Public Relations Officer (PRO), Adedotun Aridegbe, PhD.
“Yesterday, a group of eleven of our personnel were returning to Abuja from an official assignment in Kano, in an eighteen-seater official bus.
“Tragically, they were involved in a ghastly accident a few kilometers from Kano. As a result, four of our personnel lost their lives. This has been a deeply distressing and sorrowful moment for all of us within the Nigeria Immigration Service.
“Seven of our colleagues who sustained various degrees of injuries are currently receiving treatment at the Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital in Kano. Our thoughts and prayers are with them for a swift and complete recovery,” the statement read in part.
Aridegbe disclosed that the NIS, in light of this unfortunate incident, had to first ensure the families of the deceased were informed and supported before addressing the media.
He said that arrangements for the burials of the deceased personnel are being organised with utmost care and respect.
“The Acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Caroline Wura-Ola Adepoju, is deeply grieved by this loss and is personally extending her condolences and support to the families of the deceased.
“The Service stands firmly with those left behind by their breadwinners during this distressing period,” the statement further read.
Aridegbe said an immediate investigation has been ordered by the Acting CGI to ascertain the remote cause of the accident.