Four policemen killed, 30 injured in Sokoto auto crash

Four police officers died while 30 others were severely injured in a fatal motor accident that occurred along Unguwar Rogo Area in Sokoto on Monday.
The State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Ibrahim Abaras, said that the accident occurred about 7.30 p.m.
Abaras said that the victims were all newly recruited officers who were participating in a training at the Police College, Sokoto.
According to him, they were returning from a shooting range exercise at Kware Local Government Area when the incident occurred near that State History Bureau.
The PPRO said that the dead bodies were handed over to their respective families and were buried accordingly.
Abaras added that the injured were being hospitalised at Usman Danfodio Teaching Hospital, Police Clinic and Kware Nueropsychiatric Hospital, all in Sokoto.
According to him, the State Police Commissioner, Muhammad Abdulkadir, Deputy Governor Ahmad Aliyu, Commissioners, some government officials as well as community members participated in evacuating the victims
to hospitals and funerals.
He added that the state government offered to provide the necessary logistic support to the victims, describing the incident as the first of its kind in Sokoto State.