Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Bauchi state Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), has said that 21 out of the 22 passengers involved in a road accident in Bauchi have died.
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Gunmen have shot a yet-to-be-identified man dead at Mofor junction in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State, DAILY POST reports.
The gunmen also carted away undisclosed sum of money the victim withdrew from a Point of Sale Operator, POS, before he was attacked and killed in his car.
It was learnt that the deceased was trailed to the area where the incident occurred.
When contacted for comments, the Delta State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Onome Onovwakpoyeya confirmed the report in a telephone chat with our correspondent in Warri.
She said, “Yes. It is true.”
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Thirty-two persons have lost their lives in road accidents that occurred in Kogi and Edo states between Thursday and Friday.
In Edo State, the accidents occurred at two locations; Arue-Uromi and Agbede. The Arue-Uromi accident reportedly killed six children; four girls and two boys, said to be from the same family.
An account said the children were crossing the road, while another stated that they were playing football when a Mercedes Benz car in an attempt to avoid a pothole, swerved and killed them.
It was learnt that the incident provoked rage from residents of the area who blocked the road and burnt the car.
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Three persons, including two police inspectors, on Thursday, died in a motor accident on Ajaokuta-Ojodu-Ayingba road in Kogi.
The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Mr Solomon Aghure, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Lokoja.
He said that the victims were travelling in an ambulance van to Ayingba when the accident occurred.
Aghure further stated that the policemen and the driver of the ambulance were travelling with an empty casket to pick the corpse of a police sergeant from a mortuary in Ayingba.