The national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, on Thursday, May 23, donated N5,350,000 and 50 bags of rice, including other food items to victims of the Kano mosque attack.
Thirty-two persons were in the mosque, located in Gezawa local government area of Kano state, observing their early morning prayers on Wednesday last week when 38-year-old Shafi’u Abubakar set the holy place ablaze.
He had sprayed the mosque with petrol, locked its doors, and ignited a deposited gallon full of fuel, and a loud blast from the mosque that sounded like a bomb was heard.
Eighteen of the thirty-two worshippers were feared dead and have been buried.
Others who inhaled large amounts of smoke and sustained serious degrees of burns are being treated at Murtala Muhammad Specialists Hospital, Kano.
Our correspondent who was at the hospital reported that Abdulsalam Tafiu and Kamalu Sani, who are also victims, were groaning in excruciating pain. The condition of one of the victims in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) was the most pathetic. It was not possible to talk to them.
Abdullahi Ganduje has sympathized with the victims of the mosque tragedy and promised to rebuild the mosque.
On Thursday, the ex-Kano governor sent a delegation that visited the sick at the hospital to pray for their recovery.
The delegation, led by the state chairman of APC, Abdullahi Abbas, gave N50,000 to each of the seven victims at the hospital. The sum of N5 million was also donated to members of the victims’ families in Gezawa town.
Ganduje prayed for the repose of the souls of those who had died as a result of the attack.
Police arrested the culprit (Abubakar) who said he set the mosque ablaze because of “a prolonged family disagreement over sharing of inheritance.”
