No fewer than 20 persons were
reportedly crushed to death after a trailer loaded with farming produce overran
several tricycles popularly known as Keke Napep, Tuesday, at Vinikling bridge
(Hayin Gada) in Yola, Adamawa State.
Residents revealed that
the accident was caused by police officers, who were pursuing the truck driver
for refusing to give them money.
A resident of Viniklang, Malam
Umar Shehu, who also sent pictures of the accident said
he participated in evacuation of corpses to the hospital in Yola.
According to him, the explanation
the police gave was that, they were chasing the truck driver for carrying goods
suspected to be foreign rice, a situation which led to the unfortunate
incident, resulting in the death of many.
“But, there was no foreign rice
in the truck, it was farm produce. The driver said they were chasing him for
refusing to give them money at a checkpoint the police mounted,” Umar said.
One of the passengers, a student
at the Modibo Adama University, who identified himself as Salisu Ibrahim said
he narrowly escaped death by whiskers.
“I did not know what happened,
but we suddenly saw the truck coming with speed and police van was pursuing it.
All of us in our Keke Napep jumped out and fled, the driver lost control and
the truck began to hit other Keke Napep and crushing people before our very own
eyes. It was horrific,” Ibrahim said.
Several
attempts to get Othman Abubakar, the Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa
to speak but his phone was switched off at the time of this report.
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