Father recollects final moments along with his 5 kids who misplaced their lives in Gombe tricycle-tanker crash

Mansur Muhammad, the daddy of 5 kids who misplaced their lives after a water tanker rammed right into a tricycle conveying them to highschool in Gombe State, has recounted his last moments with the deceased.

LIB reported that the accident occurred Tuesday morning, October 27, 2026 close to Kanady Academy, alongside APC Square within the state capital’s Government Reserved Area (GRA).

The deceased have been recognized as Maryam Mansir Adamu and Usman Mansir Adamu, each Primary Five pupils of Jekadafari Primary School; Hauwau Mansir Adamu of Government Junior Secondary School (GJSS), Jekadafari; Aliyu Mansir Adamu of Government Day Secondary School (GDSS), Ahmadu Gombe; and Fatima Mansir Adamu, whose college was not specified.

Three different kids have been injured within the crash and brought to the hospital for remedy.

On of the surviving kids, Umar Mansur, an SS1 pupil, stated the tricycle was conveying them to highschool when it fell, after which the water tanker ran over them.

Umar stated he sustained an damage to his leg, whereas 5 of his siblings handed away within the accident.

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in Gombe State, Samson Kaura, confirmed the incident, saying corps personnel arrived on the scene after the preliminary rescue operation.

Kaura stated FRSC officers later visited the hospital to establish the variety of casualties.

A supply on the Specialist Hospital, Gombe, stated the injured victims and the drivers concerned within the accident have been taken to the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, for medical consideration.

The our bodies of the 5 deceased kids have been deposited on the mortuary.

Speaking after the accident, Mansur stated he obtained a phone name barely 40 minutes after his kids left dwelling for varsity, informing him that they’d been concerned in an accident.

He stated he was requested to hurry to the emergency unit of the Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe, the place a few of the injured kids had been taken.

When he arrived on the hospital, he noticed two of his kids alive however couldn’t discover the opposite 5.

He later learnt that the our bodies of the deceased kids had been taken to the Specialist Hospital, Gombe.

Mansur stated one of many kids had given his phone quantity to the one who referred to as to tell him concerning the accident.

He stated he rushed to the hospital, hoping to search out all his kids alive, however was devastated when he learnt that 5 of them had handed away.

“The tricycle rider told me that the other children were at the Specialist Hospital. When I got there, I was directed to the mortuary, where I saw the bodies of my five children laid out in a row,” he stated.

Mansur stated the sight was insufferable, including that he was the one particular person allowed to see the our bodies as a result of his wives have been thought-about too traumatised to be taken to the mortuary.

He stated he had been unwell that morning and had a fever, which prevented him from taking the youngsters to highschool himself.

His junior spouse, who’s the mom of three of the deceased kids, subsequently contacted a tricycle rider to convey them to highschool.

The kids, he recalled, had left dwelling in good spirits, repeatedly telling him, “Abba, we are going to school.”

“I kept responding, ‘May Allah grant you success.’ I never knew that was going to be the last time I would see them,” he stated.

He notably remembered his son, Usman, who had complained that he didn’t have a pen to take to highschool.

Mansur stated he instructed the boy that he wouldn’t purchase him an costly pen as a result of he often misplaced them. Instead, he gave him cash to purchase a less expensive one.

“Usman said, ‘Abba, thank you.’ I did not know that I would never see him again,” he stated.

The father stated the information of the accident practically made him lose his breath.

He added that he was nonetheless struggling to come back to phrases with the lack of 5 of his kids in a single incident.

Mansur, who has 12 kids from two wives, stated solely seven remained following the tragedy.

“Allah gave them to me, and He has taken them back. I am trying to accept it as a trial from Him,” he stated.

He added that the youngsters suffered extreme head accidents within the crash.