By MC Mazi

No fewer tham 20 athletes and officials of Kano State contingent at the just concluded 2024 National Sports Festival have reportedly lost their lives on their way back from the Ogun Festival on Saturday

It was gathered that the coastal bus conveying the athelets and officials back to Kano crashed about 50 kilometers to the state while on a bridge

It is not clear at press time what caused the fatal accident but videos circulating on social media indicate that the bus might have swerved off the road while on a bridge

The accident happened at Dakatsalle bridge

This paper gathered that a journalist is reported to be among the dead.

The bus was carrying 30 athletes.

Sources told ESUT Monitor  that 20 persons lost their lives in the accident.