A soldier, serving with the 195 Battalion, Nigerian Army in Agenebode, Edo State, Lance Corporal Zaphaniya Jonathan, and a legal practitioner, Umar Abubakar, were killed in a road accident on the Azare-Bulkachuwa road in Bauchi State on Friday.
Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Haruna Mohammed, in a statement on Sunday in Bauchi, said the accident occurred at about 2.20pm on Friday when an Opel Sharon, driven by one Ismail Abdullahi, skidded off the road and somersaulted.
Mohammed added, “On the 17/04/15 (Friday) at about 14.20hrs (2.20pm), there was a lone fatal motor vehicle accident along Azare-Bulkachuwa road, involving an Opel Sharon vehicle, ash in colour with number plate DJ-245-ABJ, driven by an Engineer, Ismail Abdullahi, male, (51) of National Water Research Institute, Kaduna.
“The accident occurred when the vehicle tyre rod pulled out while on motion. As a result it skidded off the road and somersaulted.”
He stated that the police patrol team, attached to Azare Division of the command, visited the scene of the accident and evacuated the casualties to the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, for medical attention.
“Two persons were certified dead on arrival by a medical doctor. Particulars of deceased are L/CPL Zaphaniya Jonathan, 195 Battalion, Nigeria Army Agenebode, Edo State, and Umar Abubakar (Legal practitioner), male, (38) of Sir Kashim Ibrahim Road, Maiduguri, Borno State.
“Corpses deposited at the mortuary for postmortem examination,” the police spokesman added.
He, however, stated that the case was under investigation.
