No fewer 28 persons
said to be members of the same family have been burnt to death in a vehicle
accident that occurred along the Bauchi-Ningi Federal Highway in Bauchi State
on Thursday, December 12th.
Secretary, North-West
Zone of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, Abdullahi Yamadi, said the deceased
were all his relatives saying they were on their way to Yola, Adamawa State,
when the incident occurred.
He said, “Yes, the accident is true and all of
the deceased are my relatives. They were traveling to Yola, Adamawa State, for
a visit when the unfortunate incident happened. You know, after the harvest and
at seasons like this, people travel to visit loved ones resident in different
places; and that was where they were going to.
“They left Dutsinma,
Katsina State, and they had left Jigawa State and were within Bauchi State when
their vehicle had a head-on collision with another vehicle. They were 29 in the
vehicle and all of them died except the driver, who survived.
“This is a very sad
news and very pathetic for 28 people from the same family to die in an accident
in one day. It is really sad.”