Kano – The Deputy Governor of Kano State, Dr Abdullahi Ganduje, has condoled with the families of those who died during the twin blasts at the Kano Central Mosque on Friday.
Ganduje expressed the condolences when he spoke with newsmen in Kano on Friday.
Ganduje, who described the incident as very unfortunate, prayed for the quick recovery of those who sustained injuries in the blasts.
The deputy governor called on the people of the state to continue to pray to God to prevent future occurrence.
“It is unfortunate that the ugly incident is happening when the state has started enjoying relative peace.
“We should continue to pray for the sustenance of peace in our state and the country at large’’, he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that as at the time of filing this report, security agents were yet to confirm the actual number of those who lost their lives in the blasts.
Efforts to contact the Commissioner of Police, Mr Aderenle Shinaba, were not successful as he was said to have travelled out of the state for an official engagement.
When contacted, the AIG in charge of Zone One, Alhaji Tambari Yabo, said he could not give the exact figure of the casualties.
However, the spokesman for the Joint Security Taskforce, Capt. Eze Ikechukwu, said investigation was still going on and that details would be made public as soon as they were available. (NAN)