Mutane 28 ne suka mutu sakamakon hatsarin jirgin ruwa a kauyen Gidan-Magana da ke karamar hukumar Shagari a jihar Sokoto.
Da yake zantawa da jaridar The PUNCH, hakimin kauyen Gidan-Magana, Mohammed Auwalu, ya ce lamarin ya faru ne da safiyar yau Laraba a lokacin da wadanda abin ya shafa ke tsallaka ruwa a cikin wani jirgin ruwa, inda suka nufi wani kauye da ke kusa da su mai suna Badiyawa.
Da yake bayyana lamarin, Auwalu ya ce jirgin na dauke da mutane 34 – akasari mata da kananan yara, amma a kan wata rafi ya fada cikin.
Ya ce, “Wadanda abin ya rutsa da su sun kai 34, sun je kauyen Bodiyawa ne a cikin kwalekwale da sanyin safiyar yau (Laraba), kuma yayin da suke cikin ruwa, kwalekwalen ya bugi wata bishiya kafin ya kife cikin ruwan.
“Lokacin da ta bugi bishiya ta nutse a cikin ruwa, mutane shida ne kawai aka ceto yayin da aka gano gawarwaki 28,” in ji shi, ya kara da cewa ‘ya’yansa biyar na cikin wadanda suka mutu a hadarin.
“Masu aikin ceto sun iya ceton mutane shida da ransu, yayin da aka gano gawarwaki 28 (matattu).”
“’Ya’yana biyar na daga cikin wadanda suka mutu a lamarin,” in ji Auwal
Kokarin da aka yi don tattaunawa da shugaban karamar hukumar Shagari, Aliyu Abubakar, bai yi nasara ba, domin har zuwa lokacin hada wannan rahoto ba a same shi ba a wayar salula kamar yadda Jaridar Punch ta ruwaito.