An Inspector under the Kebbi Police Command, Sa’idu Idiya, has lost his life in a lone accident following a tyre burst on Koko-Jega road in Kebbi.

He said, “On 25/11/2023 at about 1000HRS, there was a lone fatal motor vehicle accident along Koko/Jega road, involving a Police Toyota Land Cruiser with REG. NO. 5465D.

“The vehicle was conveying a team of policemen led by AC CID, Kebbi Police Command, ACP Suleiman Sade and nine others, while on their way to visit a scene of crime at Kendawa village, Dutsinmari District of Koko/Besse Local Government Area.”

It was revealed that the Inspector, on reaching the NNPC area at Koko, one of the rear tires of the vehicle burst, and it somersaulted three times into the nearby bush.

Abubakar added that the corpse, alongside the remaining victims, was later transferred to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Birnin Kebbi, for further treatment.

The PPRO prayed for the gentle soul of the late Idiya to continue to rest in Jannatul Firdaus.