Tragedy struck in Kogi State on Monday after a father of 30 children in Kogi was killed after a tipper rammed into his motorcycle.
The Federal Road Safety Corps Commander in Kogi, Stephen Dawulung, confirmed the sad incident in Lokoja on Monday.
He said; “The man, Abdulsalam Ibrahim, a 60-year-old commercial motorcyclist, and his passenger were killed by the tipper truck at Ganaja Junction in Lokoja.
“The incident was tragic and very unfortunate.”
He regretted that the accident cut short the life of the breadwinner of 30 children.
“The accident was a case of hit and run because by the time we responded to the distress call to the area immediately after it happened, the driver and the tipper were nowhere to be found.
“Eyewitnesses told us that immediately after the accident happened, the tipper driver zoomed off leaving the victims’ mangled bodies on the road for sympathizers, ” he said.
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