By Ado Oyeyemi
Four students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, and a driver attached to the Niger State Government House have died in a road accident involving a vehicle in Governor Mohammed Bago’s convoy.
The crash, which occurred on Monday at Gidan Kwanu, around Gidan Mangoro in Minna, involved a Toyota Hilux conveying the Director-General of the Government House, Dauda Chikuba, and a vehicle carrying five students of the university.
PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday that four of the students died at the scene alongside the driver of the government vehicle, while the fifth student survived the crash.
Chikuba was reportedly rushed to a hospital for medical attention.
The accident occurred as the governor’s convoy was returning to Minna, while the vehicle conveying the students was travelling towards Bida.
Eyewitnesses said the governor and his entourage were returning from a condolence visit to the Etsu Nupe and Chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, following the death of the Sagi Nupe, Hajia Aisha.
One of the eyewitnesses, who described the incident as a head-on collision, alleged that the convoy was travelling at high speed when the crash occurred.
“It was a head-on collision. We learnt that the convoy was at high speed when the accident occurred. It was a terrible accident,” the eyewitness told PUNCH.
The source added that Chikuba was immediately taken to a hospital, where he was receiving treatment, while the bodies of the deceased were evacuated from the scene.
The spokesperson for the Niger State Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the accident, saying the police had commenced an investigation into its circumstances.
“The accident occurred this morning, and we are investigating it,” Abiodun said.
The police spokesperson did not disclose the identities of the deceased. students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, and a driver attached to the Niger State Government House have died in a road accident involving a vehicle in Governor Mohammed Bago’s convoy.
The crash, which occurred on Monday at Gidan Kwanu, around Gidan Mangoro in Minna, involved a Toyota Hilux conveying the Director-General of the Government House, Dauda Chikuba, and a vehicle carrying five students of the university.
PUNCH Metro learnt on Tuesday that four of the students died at the scene alongside the driver of the government vehicle, while the fifth student survived the crash.
Chikuba was reportedly rushed to a hospital for medical attention.
The accident occurred as the governor’s convoy was returning to Minna, while the vehicle conveying the students was travelling towards Bida.
Eyewitnesses said the governor and his entourage were returning from a condolence visit to the Etsu Nupe and Chairman of the Niger State Council of Traditional Rulers, Alhaji Yahaya Abubakar, following the death of the Sagi Nupe, Hajia Aisha.
One of the eyewitnesses, who described the incident as a head-on collision, alleged that the convoy was travelling at high speed when the crash occurred.
“It was a head-on collision. We learnt that the convoy was at high speed when the accident occurred. It was a terrible accident,” the eyewitness told PUNCH.
The source added that Chikuba was immediately taken to a hospital, where he was receiving treatment, while the bodies of the deceased were evacuated from the scene.
The spokesperson for the Niger State Police Command, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed the accident, saying the police had commenced an investigation into its circumstances.
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“The accident occurred this morning, and we are investigating it,” Abiodun said.
The police spokesperson did not disclose the identities of the deceased.
