Lawmaker loses 4 grandchildren, 2 sisters, three children to auto crash
Other family members of the lawmaker, who died in the accident were four of his grandchildren, his two sisters and his driver.
The accident occurred along Sokoto-Gusau road on
Sunday. Confirming the incident, the Public Relations Officer of the Command,
Route Commander Nasiru Ahmed, said that the crash was a head-on collision
between a Volkswagen Golf car and a Coca-Cola truck.
Ahmed said that out of the 10 persons, who died in
the car conveying 12 passengers, nine were female. He said that the other two
persons who sustained various degrees of injuries
were
still receiving treatment at Yariman Bakura Special Hospital, Gusau.
Ahmed
urged motorists to avoid night journey and over speeding as much as possible to
reduce crashes across the state.
NAN
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