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Police Confirms Death Of 22 Secondary School Students In Fatal Accident

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The Police in Kano state has confirmed the death of no fewer than 22 secondary school students in a fatal road accident on Tuesday morning in Gaya Local Government area of Kano State.

The state Police spokesman who confirmed the accident however said that its operatives were at the scene to “calm the situation.”

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The accident which was said to have occur at about 11:00am, involved a truck and a bus conveying the students from Misau local government, Bauchi.

The students were said to be going on an excursion at a radio station.

An eyewitness, Tella Maiunguwa, said the bus collided with the truck as both were trying to avoid a pothole at Samia Uku village. Mr. Maiunguwa said the accident occurred close to Maitama Sule College by Dudduru.

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Musa Majiya, the police spokesman said the police was ”taking care of the situation.”

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