Eyewitnesses told newsmen that the incident occurred at about 10.30 a.m The victims include Malam Maharazu, 20, Ma’aruf Mohammed, 12, Kabiru Abdullahi, 8, and Haliru Mohammed, 7.

They said after the incident, people besieged the site to rescue the victims, who were brought out dead.

The Secretary of the council, Garba Lawal, confirmed the incident and said that it took the rescuers three hours to recover the bodies of the victims.

Lawal said the deceased were taken to their families for burial in accordance with Islamic injunction.

The scribe said the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the council, Nasiru Iyatawa, had visited the families of the deceased to commiserate with them.

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