Auto crash claims 25 lives in Bauchi

<p>State Public Relations officer, PPRO, of the command, SP Mohammed Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement made available to newsmen in Gusau, said some of the looted items had been recovered.</p>, <p>Shehu said the arrested suspects would be arraigned before a court of competent jurisdiction upon completion of investigation.</p>, <p>The recovered items are 36 bundles of wrappers, eight cushion chairs, three television sets, one 5000-litre tank, one solar panel, six bags of POP cement, one Golf 3 vehicle, two speakers, one caterpillar radiator, two rugs, one freezer, one bundle of armoured cable wire and three window burglary proofs.</p>, <p>He added that the injured were taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Azare, in Katagum Local Government Area of the state, while the corpses of the deceased were taken to Hadeja in Jigawa for burial.</p>, <p>Also, the hoodlums allegedly looted the All Progressives Congress, APC, offices and individual houses belonging mainly to politicians in the state.</p>, <p>Abdullahi charged motorists always to be conscious of traffic rules and regulations while plying the roads.</p>, <p>“Twenty-five of them – nine adult male, 11 adult females, two male children and three female children – lost their lives on the spot.</p>, <p>It was also reported that Area Commanders and DPOs in the state also embarked on a similar exercise in their respective areas to avert escalation.</p>, <p>“Thirty-five persons were involved in the road crash.</p>, <p>Sector Commander of the FRSC in Bauchi State, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Friday that ten other persons sustained injuries in the crash.</p>, <p>The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested 40 hoodlums said to have exploited the announcement of the just concluded governorship elections results on the pretext of jubilation and protest to cause violence, destruction and looted government facilities.</p>, <p>The PPRO added that it was the state Commissioner of Police, CP Kolo Yusuf, who led the joint police and