Buhari mourns as Niger school fire kills 25 pupils

President Muhammadu Buhari on Wednesday commiserated with President Mohammed Bazoum of Niger Republic over the death of 25 school children, aged five and six years, during a classroom fire outbreak in the Maradi region of the country.

Buhari, in a statement by his spokesman, Garba Shehu, said he was “greatly shocked and deeply touched” by the tragedy that took the lives of these school children.

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“The death of these children in these circumstances is particularly moving. My heart and prayers go out to the government and the people of Niger Republic as well as the grieving parents of these innocent children,” Buhari said.