Lagos-bound truck kill 14 persons, 22 cows in an accident in Kebbi

A Lagos-bound truck, conveying cows and migrating north youths to the south, on Monday crashed into another truck, killing 14 persons on transit. The accident, according to the police, occurred along Jega/Koko Road, Kebbi State.

The Police Public Relations Officer of the Kebbi State Command, SP Nafi’u Abubakar, disclosed that the accident involved two trucks; narrating that one of the trucks with Reg. No. SRZ 518 XS, Sokoto State, driven by yet to be identified driver, conveying passengers and cows from Illela Local Government Area, Sokoto State, enroute Lagos State, ran into a truck parked by the roadside at Dada village, Koko/Besse Local Government Area, Kebbi State in the early hours of Monday.

The PPRO narrated: “On the 12th December 2022, at about 0530hrs, there was a fatal motor vehicle accident along Jega/Koko Road. The accident occurred when a truck with Reg. No. SRZ 518 XS, Sokoto State, driven by yet to be identified person, conveying passengers and cows from Illela LGA of Sokoto State, heading to Lagos State, hit a stationed truck parked by the shoulder of the roadside at Dada village, Koko/Besse LGA of Kebbi State. As a result, forty passengers sustained various degree injuries.

“On receipt of the report, the Commissioner of Police, Kebbi State Command, CP Ahmed Magaji Kontagora, instantly rushed to the scene, evacuated the victims to General hospital Koko, for treatment, where a medical Doctor confirmed 14 dead, while the remaining victims are currently responding to treatment. Similarly, 22 cows also died as a result of the accident.”