Auto crash claims 11 in Sokoto community

Eleven people reportedly lost their lives following a ghastly auto crash involving a Sharon vehicle with registration number LFA 890 ZP at Takakume in Goronyo local government area of Sokoto state.

The accident which occurred at Kwanar Kawadata outside Goronyo town had as occupants women from Takakume to Lafiya, Nassarawa state.

A report from the area said the driver of the vehicle lost control while negotiating a sharp bend and skidded off the road, killing himself and ten others.

Ten of the deceased, seven women and three men, were from Takakume village while the driver was from Nassarawa state.

The chairman of Goronyo local government, Zakari Muhammad Shinaka and the permanent secretary, Ministry of Information, Ibrahim Adamu, were among the people that attended the funeral at Takakume cemetery.

Condoling with the people of the town and families of the deceased, Shinaka prayed for the repose of the souls of the deceased and urged the families of the deceased to consider the accident as ordained by Allah.

He prayed Allah to give the families and relations of the deceased the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.

Confirming the incident, the spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force, Sokoto command, ASP Sadiq Abubakar said nine people died while 10 persons sustained various degrees of injuries.

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