November 27, (THEWILL) – An Inspector attached to the Kebbi Police Command has been killed in a lone accident following a tyre burst on Koko-Jega road in Kebbi.
Spokesperson of the Kebbi Police Command, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, confirmed the development in a statement.
“On 25/11/2023 at about 1000HRS, 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.
“Reaching the NNPC area at Koko, one of the rear tires of the vehicle burst and it 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.
“The corpse, alongside the remaining victims, was later transferred to Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Birnin Kebbi for further treatment,” he said.
The deceased has been buried according to Islamic injunction.
