JIGAWA: 10 Navy applicants die in auto crash

TEN applicants seeking to join the Nigerian Navy died on Saturday in an autocrash in Jigawa State.

The victims of the fatal accident were said to be indigenes of Gagarawa Local Government Area of Jigawa State.

Naija Times gathered that they were on their way to the venue of the recruitment exercise in Kano when the accident occurred on Hadejia-Kano Road in Ringim Local Government Area.

Confirming the accident, the Jigawa State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Audi Jinjiri said “a fatal motor accident occurred along Hadejia to Kano Road in Ringim Local Government Area.

“The accident involved a commercial Golf 3 wagon conveying 12 passengers from Gagarawa to Kano”

According to him, the commercial vehicle rammed into a parked DAF truck which had developed a mechanical fault and occupied the lane meant for oncoming vehicles.

Jinjiri said that 10 persons lost their lives while two others were in critical conditions at Ringim General Hospital.