Five policemen who were returning from Edo to Kano State died on Tuesday in a road accident.
Salmam Garba, Kano Police Commissioner, confirmed the death of the five officers, saying, the accident occurred along Kano-Zaria express way leaving about eight others injured in the crash.
According to Garba, the injured victims are being treated in an hospital.
“The deceased officers are from Kano state police command. There were drafted to Edo state for election duty, where they carried out their assignment successfully.
“Sadly, they lost their lives at Karfi, when their vehicle had a head-on collision with a reversing trailer,” Garba said.
Fusion Chronicles gathered that the driver of the trailer is among the eight survivors receiving treatment at an hospital in Kano.
However, CP Dogo, in a telephone conversation, said the Command was taking measures to ensure that the wounded officers receive adequate treatment in order to survive.
CP dogo then went ahead to described the deaths as shocking and prayed God give the Command and families of the dead the fortitude to bear the loss.
“It is unfortunate, we lost five of our officers to a fatal accident at Karfi, along Kano-Zaria Road.
“They were returning from Edo state where they were drafted to maintain law and order during the election.
“About eight of them, including the driver of the trailer are in the hospital.
“Their vehicle had a collision with a reversing trailer,” he said.
