President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over what he called the “gruesome vehicle accident” in Mgbowu, Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State that claimed lives, mostly school pupils.
President Buhari, in a statement issued on Friday by his spokesman, Femi Adesina, commiserated with families and kith and kin of the dead.
Buhari also condoled with the Catholic Church of Awgu, which runs Presentation Nursery and Primary School that the pupils attended, and the Enugu State government.
The President prayed that God will grant them succour, and spare the country of such tragedy in future.
He, however, enjoined vehicle owners to ensure roadworthiness, as initial reports attributed the accident to brake-failure by the truck involved.
