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Fatal Accident Kills 7 In Bauchi State

The victims are Inusa Sale, Yakubu Suleiman, Isyaku Alka, Inusa Sauwanu, Shaibu Wada Maigoro, Ali Haladu, and Mairo Alh Adamu.  

Today, 22/1/2017, at about 10:30hrs, there was an accident at Kula village along Bauchi - Kano Road involving a Honda Civic car, red in colour with registration number AM 41 TRN, driven by one Inusa Sale, male, of Nasaru Village in Ningi LGA of Bauchi State, conveying six (6) passengers, and a grey-coloured Sharoon bus with registration number BAU 844 AE, driven by one Babawo Dan'azumi, male, of Bauchi town, conveying five (5) passengers.   

The accident occurred when the Honda Civic driver was coming from Kano direction on high speed. On reaching a bend at Kula village, the driver lost control while trying to overtake another vehicle and had a head-on collision with the Sharon bus coming from Bauchi direction. As a result, twelve persons from both vehicles sustained various degrees of injuries.  

Police Patrol Team attached to Ganjuwa Division led by the DPO visited the scene and rushed victims to General Hospital Kafin Madaki for medical attention where seven casualties, including the driver of the Honda Civic, were certified dead by a medical doctor while receiving treatment as follows:

1. Inusa Sale, male, 35
2. Yakubu Suleiman, male, 30 
3. Isyaku Alka, male, 40 
4. Inusa Sauwanu, male, 30
5. Shaibu Wada Maigoro, male, 35
6. Ali Haladu, male 25, all of Nasaru village in Ningi LGA of Bauchi State and, 
7. Mairo Alh Adamu female, 30, of Warji LGA of Bauchi State respectively.    

Meanwhile, five casualties were admitted and responding to treatment while all corpses were released to their relatives for burial after postmortem examination.

The Command urged members of the public, particularly drivers of commercial vehicles, to always drive with care and caution in order to avoid unnecessary loss of lives and property.

SP Haruna Mohammed, 
PPRO Bauchi State Police Command​

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