14 Dead In Kebbi Auto Crash

Kebbi State Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Magaji Kontagora, inspected some victims of the road accident in the state.

A statement by the command spokesman, Nafi’u Abubakar, said fourteen people have died in the accident along Jega/Koko Road involving two trucks.

Abubakar said that one of the trucks driven by yet to be identified driver, conveying passengers and cows from Illela local government area of Sokoto State in route to Lagos State hit another truck parked by the roadside at Dada village, Koko/Besse local government area of the state.

The police commissioner called on the National Union of Road Transport Workers, NURTW and other road users to always ensure they employ adequate safety measures in their vehicles, observe the speed limit, avoid recklessness, especially during the festive period.