Human Angle

Katsina Road Crash Claims 9 Lives

By Web News 79

At least nine people lost their lives in a fatal road crash on Sunday along the Malumfashi-Kafur Road in Katsina State.

The Katsina State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Aliyu Ma’aji, confirmed the accident, describing it as a lone accident involving a Hummer bus carrying 20 passengers.

Ma’aji said, “Nine passengers died on the spot, while 11 others sustained varying degrees of injuries and were rushed to the hospital for treatment.”

Preliminary investigations attributed the crash to “speeding and loss of control.”

The FRSC commander urged motorists to exercise caution, warning against speeding, overloading, and reckless driving, especially during festive periods.

He emphasized that “despite the state government’s efforts to improve road infrastructure, reckless driving remains a major cause of fatal accidents in Katsina.”

Punch/Adebukola Aluko

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Agriculture

PMB to Commission Water Scheme in Katsina

By Web News 671

President Muhammadu Buhari is in Dutsinma, Katsina State, to commission the Zobe Regional Water Supply Scheme.

The now completed 179 million cubic metre-capacity dam was started 25 years ago, but abandoned by successive governments.

The project, which is a joint venture between the Katsina State and the Federal Government, is designed to provide adequate water for domestic and irrigation purposes in 13 local government areas of the state.

Correspondent Abdullah Bello reports that the dam has been equipped with heavy duty transformers, staff quarters, administrative offices, and a laboratory for routine analyses.

It has a lifespan of fifty years.

Abdullai Bello

Crime

Sensitive Image: Police Intercept Weapons Meant For Bandits

By Web News 783

Police in Kaduna say it engaged ten bandits, who blocked Kaduna to Birnin Gwari road, in a gun battle, on Friday, while attempting to kidnap 5 people.

The Command’s Spokesperson ASP Mohammed Jalige said all rescued passengers have been re-united with their families.

In a combined operation with operatives from Abuja, the police said it trailed suspected bandits and intercepted a Toyota highlander car around Saminaka forest of Lere LGA, who also shot at them.

The Spokesperson said 2 suspects were injured and eight rifles, one beretta pistol, eleven AK47 magazines and fifty rounds of live ammunition were recovered.One suspect died in the battle, he said, while the other suspect confessed to be transporting the arms to bandits in Niger, Kaduna, Katsina and Zamfara States.

FRCN Abuja

Security

Police Rescue 84 from Bandits in Katsina

By Web News 575

Eighty-four victims of kidnap mostly Islamiyya school children have been rescued from bandits in Mahuta village of Dandume Local Government Area of Katsina state.

This followed a distress call received on Saturday at about 2200hrs, by the DPO Dandume, that some Islamiyya students of Hizburrahim Islamiyya, Mahuta village, numbering about eighty, were attacked while on their way back from Maulud occasion celebrated at Unguwan Alkasim village.

In a statement released on Sunday by the Police Spokesman, SP Gambo Isah, the students were accosted by bandits, who had already kidnapped four (4) persons and rustled twelve (12) cows from Danbaure village in Funtua LGA of the state, trying to escape into the forest.

On receipt of the report, he said, the DPO led Operations “Puff Adder,” Sharan Daji and Vigilante group to the area and engaged the bandits into a fierce gun duel.

Isah noted that team is still combing the area.

FRCN Abuja