Following an accident on Wednesday night involving the convoy of Sokoto State Deputy Governor Idris Mohammed Gobir, two people have been declared dead. A police officer and a photojournalist who were presumably part of the deputy governor’s entourage perished in the collision.
According to ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, the spokesperson for the Nigerian Police Force’s Sokoto State command, the incident concerned a pilot car in the deputy governor’s convoy.
“The incident involved a pilot vehicle in the convoy of the deputy governor and the driver of the vehicle who is a police officer was confirmed dead together with one person, a photographer in the convoy.
“The injured persons are already receiving treatment at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital here in Sokoto.
“The incident happened while they were coming back from Sabon Birni local government to Sokoto.”
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