Crimes

Police Inspector dies in Kebbi accident

An Inspector attached to the Kebbi State Police Command, Sa’idu Idiya, has been confirmed dead in a lone accident on Koko-Jega road in Kebbi State.

This was disclosed in a statement issued by the Kebbi State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, on Sunday, November 26, 2023.

Abubakar stated: “On 25/11/2023 at about 10:00 a.m., there was a lone fatal motor vehicle accident along Koko/Jega road, involving a Police Toyota Land Cruiser with Reg. No. 5465D.

“The vehicle was conveying a team of policemen led by AC CID, Kebbi Police Command, ACP Suleiman Sade, and nine others, while on their way to visit a scene of crime at Kendawa village, Dutsinmari District of Koko/Besse Local Government Area.”

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The police spokesman noted that on reaching the NNPC area at Koko, one of the tyres of the vehicle burst and somersaulted three times into the nearby bush.

“The scene of the accident was immediately visited by a team of policemen from Koko Division and evacuated the victims to General Hospital Koko for treatment, where one Inspector Sa’idu Idiya of the SCID died as confirmed by a Medical Doctor,” he said.

Abubakar added that the corpse, alongside the remaining victims, were later transferred to Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Birnin Kebbi, the state capital, for further treatment.

He stated that the Police Inspector was later buried according to Islamic injunction.

The Star

Segun Ojo

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