killed on Thursday by a landslide at an
excavation site in Funtawa village, Rimi
Local Government Area of Katsina State. Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the
incident occurred at about 10:30. They said after the incident, people
besieged the site to rescue the victims, who
were brought out dead. The Secretary of the council, Alhaji Garba
Lawal, confirmed the incident and said that
it took the rescuers three hours to recover
the bodies of the victims. Lawal said the deceased were taken to their
families for burial in accordance with
Islamic injunction. The scribe said the Caretaker Committee
Chairman of the council, Alhaji Nasiru
Iyatawa, had visited the families of the
deceased to commiserate with them.
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