President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has condoled with members and leaders of the Tijjaniyya Movement in Nigeria over the death of 40 members killed in an auto crash on Sunday on their way from Kwandari in Plateau State to a Mawlid Nabiy celebratory in Saminaka, Kaduna State.
The president, in a statement Tuesday by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, commiserated with the families of the dead and injured and with the governments of Kaduna and Plateau states.
He prayed for the repose of the souls of the departed.
The president directed the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to improve highway monitoring and reduce the number of road accidents nationwide.