{"id":66003,"date":"2023-08-12T16:56:17","date_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66003"},"modified":"2023-08-12T16:56:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-12T16:56:17","slug":"seven-die-after-tragic-mosque-collapse-in-zaria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=66003","title":{"rendered":"Seven die after tragic mosque collapse in Zaria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">It was a tragic and sad day of worship in Zaria, Kaduna State, when a section of the city&#8217;s central mosque collapsed on worshippers<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Seven are said to be dead while nine others are receiving treatment,\u00a0 in an incident that affected 23 persons.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Officials from the state\u2019s Emergency Management Agency evacuated those affected to hospitals <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Zaria Emirate Council spokesman Abdullahi Kwarbai, said: \u201cFour bodies were found initially, and then three others were found after the rescue team searched the collapsed mosque\u201d.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">The victims were laid to rest in a somber ceremony, while prayers were offered for the souls of those who perished within the very sanctuary they had gathered to worship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 19px;\">Kaduna Governor, Uba Sani, ordered an immediate investigation into the disaster, pledging his commitment to assist those affected.<\/span><br \/>\n<!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_230812_175249_842.sdocx--><!--\/data\/user\/0\/com.samsung.android.app.notes\/files\/clipdata\/clipdata_bodytext_230812_175249_842.sdocx--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was a tragic and sad day of worship in Zaria, Kaduna State, when a section of the city&#8217;s central mosque collapsed on worshippers Seven are said to be dead while nine others are receiving treatment,\u00a0 in an incident that affected 23 persons. Officials from the state\u2019s Emergency Management Agency evacuated those affected to hospitals [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[3391,3577,2344],"class_list":["post-66003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-news","tag-mosque","tag-seven","tag-zaria"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=66003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=66003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=66003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=66003"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}