Collapsed bridge: Contractor must compensate victims- Governor Kwankwaso

The Kano Police Command as at Sunday confirmed the death of not less than seven people, following the collapse of a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters in Kano metropolis.

The incident happened around 4.45 pm on Sunday when the bridge, still under construction, caved in and collapsed on a taxi.

Governor, Rabiu Kwankwaso, said the government would force the contractor handling the project to pay for the medical bills of the injured victims. The contractor, would also be forced to pay compensation to families of those who died in the incident.

Notwithstanding, it has been explained that the driver of the taxi was warned by workers on the site not to drive under the bridge and his disobedience was responisible for the tragedy.

The governor concluded by calling on the public to be patient, continue obeying the law so as to avoid disasters in the future and that companies handling construction work in the state to conduct their projects in a way that would ensure minimum discomfort to the public.