No fewer than two officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) were confirmed dead and seven critically injured after a ghastly road accident in Kano on Sunday.

The fatal incident which occurred near Kura town along Kano/Zaria highway on Sunday evening involved an 18-passenger Nissan bus, an official vehicle of the service disclosed.

Confirming the ugly development, the spokesperson of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kano State Command, Abdullahi Labaran, told The Guardian on telephone that the incident that involved nine men of the service ensued as a result of sudden tyre burst.

However, a source within the service who do not want his name in print revealed that four officers of the service died in the accident and several others were wounded as against the figure released by FRSC.

The source disclosed that the victims of the accident along other officers were in a long convoy enroute to Abuja after attending a passing out parade ceremony held on Saturday in Kano.

The bodies of those that lost their lives and those critically injured have been taken to Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, The Guardian learnt.

Effort to get official reaction of the NIS was not successful after several calls put across to the spokesperson was rejected.