Senior military officer dies in road crash along Kaduna–Zaria expressway

A elder subject officer, Maj. S. Sayyadi of the Headquarters Infantry Corps Command (ICC), has died successful a roadworthy mishap on the Kaduna–Zaria Expressway adjacent the Julius Berger gate, adjacent to Jaji Military Cantonment.

The incidental was contained successful a station shared connected X on Saturday by information analyst, Zagazola Makama, who quoted information sources.

According to the report, the mishap happened on Thursday when the officer’s conveyance reportedly collided with a Sino motortruck that had slowed down portion trying to participate the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) railway task tract astir the New Barracks country successful Jaji.

Security sources said exigency effect teams from the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) and the Infantry Corps Command rapidly arrived astatine the country aft the crash.

The serviceman reportedly suffered terrible caput injuries and was confirmed dormant connected the spot.

“His assemblage was aboriginal taken to a aesculapian installation earlier being moved successful a subject ambulance to Katsina State for burial arrangements,”Makama wrote. 

He was laid to remainder successful Katsina State according to Islamic rites.

Military authorities person expressed condolences to his family, describing his decease arsenic a achy nonaccomplishment to the equipped forces.

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