Tinubu condoles King of Morocco as earthquake’s death toll rises above 2000

Rescue workers recovered the bodies of Lahcen’s three daughters from the rubble of what was once their home, but have not yet found the bodies of his wife and son.

“I can’t do anything about it now, I just want to get away from the world and mourn.”

Troops and emergency services have scrambled to reach remote mountain villages where victims are still feared trapped.

Al-Haouz province, where the epicentre of the earthquake was located, suffered the most deaths with 1,293, followed by the province of Taroudant with 452.

Meanwhile, Tinubu in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale,  described the incident as unfortunate, adding, “In the face of this adversity, Nigeria will continue to stand in solidarity with Morocco as they recover, rebuild and come out stronger than ever from this unfortunate event.”

Friday’s earthquake was described as Morocco’s deadliest since 2004 when a tremor in the northern Rif mountains killed over 600 people.

When contacted on the effort by the Federal Government to ascertain if any Nigerian was affected, the spokesperson for the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abdur-Rahman Balogun, said in a message, “None has been brought to our notice till now.”