Ahmad Tijjani Abdul, Kano
No fewer than 17 young men returning from a wedding ceremony on Saturday perished in a fatal auto crash along Zaria-Kano road.
Reports monitored on local Radio station in Kano had it that the deceased were in Zaria to attend a wedding ceremony of one of their friends.
The report confirmed that 11 of the victims died on the spot while six others died at a health facility.
Coincidentally, all the victims of the ghastly accident hailed from Gwale, one of the metropolitan councils in Kano.
Barring any last minute change, the deceased would be buried Sunday morning in Kano.