JUST IN: FIVE POLICEMEN DIE IN KANO ROAD CRASH
Five policemen died on Tuesday in a road accident on their way from Edo to Kano State.
Kano Police Commissioner, Salmam Garba, who confirmed the death of the five officers, said the accident occurred along Kano-Zaria express way.
About eight others injured in the crash are being treated in an hospital, he informed.
“The deceased officers are from Kano state police command. There were drafted to Edo state for election duty, where they carried out their assignment successfully.
“Sadly, they lost their lives at Karfi, when their vehicle had a head-on collision with a reversing trailer,” Garba said.
It was gathered the driver of the trailer is among the eight survivors receiving treatment at an hospital in Kano.
CP Dogo, in a telephone conversation with our correspondent, said the Command was taking measures to ensure that the wounded officers receive adequate treatment and survive.
He described the deaths as shocking and prayed God to give the Command and families of the dead the fortitude to bear the loss.
“It is unfortunate, we lost five of our officers to a fatal accident at Karfi, along Kano-Zaria Road.
“They were returning from Edo state where they were drafted to maintain law and order during the election.
“About eight of them, including the driver of the trailer are in the hospital.
“Their vehicle had a collision with a reversing trailer,” he said.
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