Admin l Wednesday, Jan. 23, 2019
DUTSE, Jigawa – A truck conveying supporters to a rally organised by the All Progressive Congress(APC) has killed three children in Jahun and Guri Local Government area of Jigawa State. Three other children were also injured. One other person was killed in another accident at Birninkudu town. Police Spokesman in the state, Abdu Jinjir, who was speaking in Dutse said those dead were two females and two males.
According to him, the accidents occurred January 21 at about 5:30 p.m., when a driver of a campaign vehicle with registration number MMR 364 AA (Golf 3), lost control along Guri-Hadejia road and hit six children. He said three of the children, Maryam Adamu aged four, Habibu Yusif aged nine,and Aminu Abdullahi aged 10, died on the spot, while the remaining three were critically injured.
He said the vehicle was conveying party supporters to the venue of the rally organized to flag-off the re-election campaign of Gov. Badaru in Guri
Jinjiri said that the driver of the vehicle was arrested by the police as investigation into the case was ongoing.
He further said that the second accident occurred on January 22 at about 8:15 p.m., along Jahun to Kiyawa road, when the governor’s campaign team was returning Gumel.
“On January 22 at about 2015hrs, there was a fatal accident along Jahun to Kiyawa road, involving a ford (Focus) vehicle driven by one Abubakar Ibrahim, aged 35. The vehicle, coming from Gumel and heading to Birninkudu, was conveying four female passengers.
“On reaching Yar Jigawa village mine, the driver suddenly sighted a camel crossing the highway and lost control of his vehicle while trying to avoid hitting the camel.
“The vehicle somersaulted and, resulting in the passengers sustaining serious injuries. Policemen immediately visited scene and took the victims to hospital for treatment,” Jinjiri said. According to him, one Aisha Tahir aged 40 of Birninkudu town died while receiving treatment at the hospital.
He added that the surviving victims, including the driver, were later referred to the Federal Medical Centre, Birninkudu, for medical attention.
