Five Killed in Crash Involving Niger Governor’s Convoy

Five individuals, together with 4 male college students and a younger girl, have died in a highway accident involving a automobile connected to the convoy of Niger State Governor, Mohammed Umaru Bago, alongside the Minna-Bida Road.

The deadly crash occurred on Monday at Gidan Mangoro group in Minna following a collision between a rushing Hilux van within the governor’s convoy and a Peugeot 206 automobile.

The feminine sufferer, recognized as Nafisa, was reportedly driving the Peugeot. She died on the scene alongside 4 male passengers believed to be postgraduate college students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna. Nafisa was mentioned to be a programme supervisor at Labspace, a non-governmental organisation, and founding father of Wosh Mart Service Ltd.

A resident of Gidan Mangoro, Abdullahi Musa, mentioned the accident occurred round 11:35 a.m. because the governor’s convoy was getting back from Bida after a condolence go to to the Etsu Nupe and Chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar.

According to Musa, the crash occurred when the Hilux allegedly tried a wrongful overtaking manoeuvre and collided head-on with the oncoming automobile.

“The occupants of the private vehicle died instantly, while those in the government Hilux sustained serious injuries. The driver of the Hilux also died at the scene,” he mentioned.

A medical employee on the Minna General Hospital, the place the victims had been taken, mentioned three individuals died instantly after the collision, whereas two others later succumbed to accidents sustained within the crash. Some of the injured had been subsequently referred to the Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida Specialist Hospital for additional remedy.

Sources additionally disclosed {that a} former native authorities chairman who was travelling within the Hilux survived the crash however suffered fractures to each legs.

Confirming the incident, Niger State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Aishat Sa’adu, mentioned FRSC personnel arrived after the victims had been evacuated to hospital.

The Police Public Relations Officer within the state, Superintendent Wasiu Abiodun, additionally confirmed the accident, noting that investigations had been underway to find out the circumstances surrounding the crash.

“The accident occurred this morning and we are investigating it,” Abiodun mentioned.

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