About four worshipers were killed, while seven others sustained injuries, when the Zaria Central Mosque in Kaduna state collapsed on Friday.
Speaking about the incident, the Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli, said the victims were observing the Asr prayer around 4 pm when the incident occurred.
Malam Bamalli said, “We had earlier observed a crack on the wall of the mosque yesterday and were planning to deploy a team of civil engineers to effect repairs when this unfortunate incident happened.”
While condoling with the families of the deceased, the Emir directed that people should pray outside the mosque pending the repairs.
Malam Ahmed Bamalli directed that the funeral prayer for all the corpses will be observed today at 8:30 pm at the emir’s palace.
