Kwara State University (KWASU) lost two people in a road crash on Monday.
A lecturer and a postgraduate student of the institution were said to have died in the accident involving a KWASU bus carrying 15 people.
Commiserating with the families of the deceased who had yet to be named as of the time of publishing this report by 10:30 pm on Tuesday, Kwara State Governor, AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, said in a statement “We are devastated by this sad development involving one female lecturer and an MSc student who left a heart-wrenching message that the government has taken note of. As believers, we submit to the will of God on this development. We condole with the families of the deceased and the entire university community. We urge them to stay strong in this very trying moment.
“We also specially commend all the first responders who helped to take them to the hospitals and supported them, including Prof. Musa Aibinu, head of department of Mechatronics Engineering at the Federal University of Technology (FUT) Minna; Honourable Liman Shuaib representing Suleja (Abuja); staff and management of College of Health Technology, Minna; Lambatta Medical Centre; Izon General Hospital; the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC); and the police, among others.”
Relevant authorities in the state have been directed to quickly take over the medical care of the injured.
