The Management of Umaru Musa Yar’Adua University (UMYU) mourned the death of three of its students who involved in fatal accident after the vehicle they boarded home upon completion of their examinations.
The institution’s spokesman, Abdulhamid Danjuma, and UMYU’s chairman, the National Association of Katsina State Students, Ibrahim Nasir, confirmed the tragic incident.
The accident, according to report, occurred late Tuesday night, it’s also gathered that, two other students of the institution are critically injured and currently hospitalised.
The deceased students are identified as Hamza Lawal, studying Mathematics Education; Hamza Hamza, and Salisu Garba, both studying Geography Education.
Those injured include; Halili Ibrahim and Abdulbasit Aminu, studying Physics and Geography Education respectively.
The management described the death of the students as a great loss to both their families and the university, even as they prayed for a quick recovery for the two students receiving treatment from undisclosed hospital.