Bauchi Accountant, Two Sons Dies In Fatal Crash
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A treasury staff at the Bauchi State Treasury Board attached to the
office of the Head of Civil Service, Yakubu Sakwa, and his two sons have been
killed in a lone auto crash.
The Punch learnt that they were
killed in the crash that occurred on Saturday along the Azare-Sakwa road in
Zaki Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
A source in Azare, who
spoke to Punch on the telephone on the condition of anonymity, said that Sakwa
and his two children died on the spot following the crash, which occurred in
the afternoon.
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He said that the deceased was driving with two of his children to his village,
Sakwa, for a family engagement when the tyre of their car burst and the driver
lost control, veered off the road and rammed into a big tree beside the road.
According to the source, the car was almost torn into two equal
halves following the impact of the crash.
He said that the driver
must have been on a high speed when the crash occurred considering the nature
and impact of the crash.
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The dead bodies, according to him, were buried on Saturday in line with
Islamic injunction after a funeral prayer was held at Sakwa.
Those
who attended the funeral prayer were the representative of the Bauchi State
Head of Civil Service, two permanent secretaries, and three directors from the
treasury office.
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