by Oke Efagene
19 people have reportedly lost their lives while 26 others were injured yesterday in a road accident that occurred at Gidan Sandaga, in Sokoto state.
The scene of the accident is about 10 kilometres to Illela town in Illela Local Government Area of the state.
It was also gathered that 2 articulated vehicles with registration numbers LLA 22XA and ABJ 8018 XE, conveying about 50 passengers and cows, were involved in the ghastly crash.
According to reports:
Witnesses attributed the accident to dangerous overtaking by one of the drivers who lost control of the vehicle and crashed into the other one. Those who died were all from the same vehicle.
The injured are receiving treatment at the Illela General Hospital where they were taken by the police, FRSC officials and sympathisers. Medical Director of the hospital, Kenneth Imordi, said they were being stabilised but that some were in critical condition.
Chairman of the local government, Alhaji Garba Illela, said the council’s health personnel were immediately mobilised to complement efforts of the hospital staff.
Police Public Relations Officer Sokoto Command, DSP Almustapha Sani, confirmed the accident while the Sector Commander of the FRSC in the area could not be reached.
Guys personally counted 23 dead bodies an 40 injured 7 critically…. so what happened to the rest dead bodies or did the decamped to APC cos that seems to be the simplest explainations in nigeria now