NIS orders probe of four personnel killed in accident
The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has ordered an immediate investigation into the cause of the road accident that killed four of its personnel on Sunday.
Briefing the press on the incident on Monday in Abuja, the Service Public Relations Officer (SPRO), Dr Dotun Aridegbe, said the accident occurred
on the Kano-Zaria highway.
The four members of the NIS musical band were returning from Kano, where they went to entertain at an official function performed by the Comptroller General.
Aridegbe said the officers were in an eighteen-seater official bus got involved in the ghastly accident few kilometres from Kano.
“An immediate investigation has been ordered by the Acting CGl to ascertain the remote cause of the accident.
“We are committed to understanding the
circumstances that led to this tragic event and will take appropriate measures to prevent such incidents in the future” he said.
Aridegbe disclosed that arrangements for the burial of the deceased personnel have been made with utmost care and respect.
He quoted the acting Comptroller General of Immigration, Caroline Adepoju, as ordering all commands and formation to fly the NIS flag at half-mast for seven days in honour of the deceased.
“We will observe a three-day mourning period in honour and memory of our fallen colleagues” he said.
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