President Muhammadu Buhari is grieved over the gruesome auto crash in Mgbowu, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
No fewer than 21 persons including school children perished in the fatal accident on Thursday.
Buhari condoles with families and kith and kin of the dead, praying that God will grant them succour, and spare the country of such tragedy in future.
He also commiserates with the Catholic Church of Awgu, which runs Presentation Nursery and Primary School that the pupils attended, and the Enugu State government.
President Buhari enjoins vehicle owners to ensure roadworthiness, as initial reports attributed the accident to brake-failure by the truck involved.
Similarly, Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has commiserated with the families of the school children from Awgu Local Government Area, who died and sustained injuries in a fatal road accident that occurred in the council area.
A statement by Nnanyelugo Chidi Aroh, the Commissioner for Information, said Ugwuanyi who received with sadness the news of the unfortunate accident, also sympathised with the Catholic Bishop of Awgu Diocese, His Lordship, Most Reverend John Okoye, the Chairman and good people of Awgu LGA, over the tragic incident.
Aroh stated that the governor assured the good people of the Awgu LGA of the solidarity and support of the state government and directed the State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ikechukwu E. Obi and the council chairman, Hon. Pedro Nwankwo to take all appropriate and necessary actions regarding the incident.
