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death at police facility in ImoAbducted 20 corps members regain freedom in ImoSecurity agents kill ISWAP commander in OndoTragedy as 32 die in crashed Air Force plane in Ondo SERAP Urges Tinubu To Order Probe Into Alleged ₦94.4bn Oil Fund IrregularitiesImo NYSC Abduction: Police Locate Kidnappers’ Camp, Say Location Mined With IEDsKidnappers give parents of abducted corps members 24 hours to pay N1bn ransomNDLEA intercepts N5bn drugs at ports, arrests Milan-bound businessmanSack Konti, Ochudo now for abuse of ARTMA objectives, Anambra Stakeholders Forum tells SoludoEXTRA: Edo APC chair threatens ‘AK-47 fire’ against opponents of 2.5m votes target for Tinubu18 Passengers, Two Others Killed In Plateau Road CrashTerrorists kill 15 farmers in BornoGunmen kidnap travellers in ImoWorkers declare three-day warning strikeFULL TEXT] Nigeria @66: Tinubu declares ‘age of prosperity’ after three years of reformsFlood kills 9 in Bauchi mining pitEXTRA: Tinubu should remove me as minister if he 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Auto crash claims seven lives in Jigawa

At least seven persons were killed on Thursday following a fatal motor accident in Jigawa State, the police have said.

The police spokesperson in Jigawa, Audu Jinjiri, in a statement, said the accident happened around 4:30 a.m. along Kano-Hadejia road in Kaugama Local Government Area of Jigawa.

The police said 11 other persons onboard sustained injuries and have been evacuated to the hospital

The police said only one vehicle was involved in the accident: a hummer bus with registration ENU 684 EY driven by Aliyu Umar, a 40-year-old resident of Kafin-Hausa local government.

”The vehicle was conveying the people from Lagos to Hadejia in Jigawa. On reaching the said place, the driver lost control and hit a tree, killing seven people on the spot,” the police official said.

The driver was killed in the accident, the police said, and all the corpses have been released to respective relatives, the official added.

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