Lawmaker Loses Ten Family Members in Auto Crash
A member of Zamfara State House of Assembly, representing Bakura constituency, Saidu Yarkufoji, has lost three biological children and seven family members in an auto crash that occurred along Sokoto-Gusau road on Sunday.
This was made known on Monday, by the spokesman of the state command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nasiru Ahmed.
Ahmed said the crash was caused by a head-on collision involving a Volkswagen Golf car and a Coca-Cola truck.
NAN reports that other family members of the lawmaker who died in the accident were four of his grandchildren, his two sisters and his driver.
He said:
“Out of the 10 persons, who died in the car conveying 12 passengers, nine are female.
“The dead have been buried according to Islamic rites. May their souls rest in peace.”
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