President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday expressed saddeness over the gruesome vehicle accident in Mgbowu, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, in which scores of people died, most of them school pupils.
In a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, the President condoled with families of the dead, praying that God would grant them succour, and spare the country of such tragedy in future.
He also commiserated with the Catholic Church of Awgu, which runs Presentation Nursery and Primary School that the pupils attended, and the Enugu State government.
President Buhari enjoined vehicle owners to ensure the roadworthiness if their vehicles, as initial reports attributed the accident to brake-failure by the truck involved.
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