Governor Inuwa Yahaya and other government officials are travelling to different locations to commiserate with different bereaved families.
Senior reporter Lanre Adeyemi reports that 13 passengers on a Kano line bus that departed from Gombe were killed in a crash shortly after the State commissioner for Internal Security lost his life in a crash along with his driver and police orderly.
Just a few hours later, reports of five teenagers drowning in a boat mishap in Nafada also filtered in, throwing the entire Gombe in a state of mourning.
Governor Inuwa Yahaya and other government officials are condoling with bereaved families from Balanga to Nafada and even to Kano State.
These tragedies bring to the fore the need to embrace caution by road and waterways users and abiding by safety rules and regulations.
Gombe state ministry of works and transportation are assuring the public of increased advocacy and effort to raise safety awareness ensure that regulations are observed for all forms of transportation.
