Four serving NYSC Corps Members in Adamawa state and a soldier were among six persons that have lost their lives in a ghastly motor accident on 3rd June, 2026, at about 1:50 p.m. along the Narehi area of Girei-Song Local Government Areas of Adamawa State.
Spokesman of the Adamawa State Command, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje in a statement said the sixth passenger was a passenger in a commercial bus.
According to the statement, the accident involved a military Gun truck travelling from Gombi towards Yola and a commercial Hummer bus conveying five (5) passengers from Yola to Mubi.
“Preliminary findings reveals that both vehicles were involved in a head-on collision, resulting in the commercial bus flipped over and burst into flames.
“Tragically, all five passengers aboard the Hummer bus were burnt to death after the vehicle caught fire following the collision. Preliminary identification reveals that four of the deceased were serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Adamawa State. They are Suleuman Juliet and Usman Shuaibu both indigines of Kaduna State while the remaining are yet to be identified.
“The Command also confirms that one military personnel attached to the military vehicle lost his life as a result of the crash.,” the statement said.
Nguroje said Police operatives, in collaboration with other emergency responders, promptly responded to the scene.
He added that corpses have been evacuated to the Specialist Hospital, Yola, while efforts are ongoing to identify the remaining bodies and locate their families.
Veteran journalist and recipient of A.B.C Yola, Reporter of the Year Award (1997), Hassan Umar Shallpella, works with WAP as a Regional Correspondence. He was trained at Institute of Mass Communication and Technology Jos and Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria, Training School Lagos.He was a News desk Editor and a Correspondent at the Punch newspaper and till 2019, was the Deputy Editor ofThe Scope newspaper.
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