Tinubu offers the Moroccan king his sympathies.Tinubu offers the Moroccan king his sympathies. Following an earthquake that shook the village of Amizmiz, close to Marrakech, Morocco, President Bola Tinubu sent his sympathies to King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Saturday.
The event, which happened Friday night about 11 p.m., resulted in 1,305 fatalities and 1,832 injuries.
The earthquake had an epicentre depth of 11.5 miles and a magnitude of 6.8, according to a United States Geological survey.
A building was seen trembling in a video that was shared on social media, and people fled for cover.
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Rescue attempts were “complicated,” according to Caroline Holt of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent. “This happened at night when people were possibly sleeping in bed so only this morning did we start to see the impact of the earthquake unfold,” she said.
The emergency services and Moroccan army have been sent to continue the search.
In the meantime, Tinubu called the incident unfortunate in a statement released by his special adviser on media and publicity, Ajuri Ngelale. He continued, “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.”
According to reports, Friday’s earthquake was the deadliest to hit Morocco since a tremor in the northern Rif mountains killed over 600 people in 2004.
Abdur-Rahman Balogun, the spokesperson for the Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, responded in a message when asked about the Federal Government’s efforts to find out if any Nigerians were impacted, saying, “None has been brought to our notice yet.”
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