Four persons reported dead as Mosque in Central Zaria, Kaduna state collapses on worshipers on Friday evening.
It was gathered that seven other worshippers sustained injuries in the incident.
The Emir of Zazzau, Mallam Ahmed Nuhu Bamalli,was quoted as saying that the victims were observing the Asr prayer around 4 pm when the incident occurred.
,“We had earlier observed a crack on the wall of the mosque yesterday and were planning to deploy a team of civil engineers to effect repairs when this unfortunate incident happened.”
The Emir condoled with the family of the deceased and directed that people should pray outside the mosque pending the repairs.
The monarch also directed that the funeral prayer of all the corpses will be observed today at the emir’s palace at 8.30 pm.
