It was a black Saturday in Jigawa state as 10 candidates invited to participate in the Nigerian Navy recruitment exercise met their untimely death in an auto crash.
The youths are all indigenes of Gagarawa local government area in Jigawa State.
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According to reports, the youths were on their way to Kano to write the Navy recruitment exam when the accident occurred along Ringim as their vehicle rammed into a trailer.
Jigawa State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Audi Jinjiri has confirmed the incident.
He said: “there is fatal motor accident that occurred along Hadejia to Kano road in Ringim local local government area.”
The PPRO explained that “the accident involved a commercial golf 3 wagon conveying 12 passengers from Gagarawa to Kano.”
According to him, “the commercial vehicle rammed into parked DAF truck which developed mechanical fault and occupied a side of the opposite lane.
“10 persons lost their lives and two are in critical condition, although admitted at Ringim general hospital.”
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