Following a deadly traffic accident in Kwanar Gujungu town in Jigawa state, at least 11 people have been officially declared deceased.
DSP Lawan Shiitu Adam, the Public Relations Officer for the Police Command, verified the occurrence in a statement, a copy of which was provided to PUNCH Online on Sunday.
He stated that the incident occurred on Saturday and that eleven people from both the Honda LE and the Golf Wagon perished instantly in the head-on collision.
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All eleven people died in the crash, which occurred on Saturday. A Honda L.E. Ash in color with registration number NSR 469 AE carrying five passengers from Kano to Balangu town Kafin Hausa LGA and a Golf Wagon carrying four passengers from Gujungu to Taura LGA with registration number AUY 292 XA collided head-on.
Following the complaint, a group of Taura Divisional Police Headquarters officers from the Motor Traffic Department raced to the scene and took the bodies to the General Hospital, where a physician pronounced them dead.
He stated that the command had sent condolences to the deceased’s family and prayed to Allah Ta’ala for forgiveness of their transgressions on behalf of Commissioner of Police AT Abdullahi.