Tragedy struck on the Kano-Zaria highway in the early hours of Tuesday when a horrific car accident claimed the lives of at least five police officers.
Cyber Reporters gathered that the officers were attached to the Kano State Police Command and were returning from an official assignment when the accident occurred.
According to the command’s spokesperson, Abdullahi Haruna, the incident happened around Karfi Village in Kura Local Government Area of Kano State.
Haruna confirmed that five officers died as a result of the accident, while 11 others sustained various degrees of injuries.
The spokesperson attributed the cause of the accident to a trailer attempting to reverse on the main road along the Kano-Zaria highway.
He said the injured officers are currently receiving medical treatment in one of the hospitals in Kano.
He said “The accident occurred at Karfi, a few kilometres to Kano and five of the officers died as a result of the accident while 11 others sustained injuries.
“The accident occurred in the early hours of today,(Tuesday) around 1 am. A trailer was attempting to reverse on the main road along the Kano-Zaria highway when the accident happened.
“The officers were on their way back from an assignment when the accident happened.”
