Four NYSC members, soldier, another burnt to death as military gun truck, bus collide

Six persons, including four members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and a soldier, were burnt to death following an accident that resulted as a result of a collision of a military gun truck and a Hummer bus.

The fatal accident occurred on Wednesday in the Narehi area of Girei-Song Local Government Area of Adamawa State.

The spokesperson of the Adamawa State Police Command and a Superintendent of Police, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed this.

He said the “unfortunate incident 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 reveal that both vehicles were involved in a head-on collision, resulting in the commercial bus flipping over and bursting into flames.

“Tragically, all five passengers aboard the Hummer bus were burnt to death after the vehicle caught fire following the collision.”

Preliminary identification revealed that four of the deceased were serving members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) posted to Adamawa State.

Two of them were identified as Juliet Suleiman and Usman Shuaibu, who are both indigenes of Kaduna State. 

But the remaining are yet to be identified, the police said.

Police authorities confirmed that one military personnel attached to the military vehicle lost his life as a result of the crash.

“The corpses have been evacuated to the Specialist Hospital, Yola, while efforts are ongoing to identify the remaining bodies and locate their families,” the police said.

Nguroje quoted the Commissioner, Adamawa State Police Command as expressing his heartfelt condolences to the families of the deceased, Armed Forces of Nigeria, NYSC, and all those affected by the tragic incident.