Metro
Truck crushes two NAF officers to death in Kwara
A trailer on Wednesday crushed two Nigerian Air Force (NAF) officers to death in Kwara State.
An eyewitness to journalists the military personnel were crushed to death after the driver of a trailer lost control and rammed into them around Pasa bridge in Eyenkorin, about 200 meters from the NAF base.
He added that the driver of the truck attempted to escape after the incident but was shot in the legs by other officers at the scene.
READ ALSO: Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, son in Kwara
The incident caused tension between the NAF personnel and residents of the community.
The spokesman for the state police command, Okasanmi Ajayi, confirmed the incident and appealed for calm.
Join the conversation
Support Ripples Nigeria, hold up solutions journalism
Balanced, fearless journalism driven by data comes at huge financial costs.
As a media platform, we hold leadership accountable and will not trade the right to press freedom and free speech for a piece of cake.
If you like what we do, and are ready to uphold solutions journalism, kindly donate to the Ripples Nigeria cause.
Your support would help to ensure that citizens and institutions continue to have free access to credible and reliable information for societal development.
German Police bust alleged Nigerian scam dating ring
German authorities have arrested eleven individuals suspected of being members of a Nigerian mafia group involved in a large-scale dating...
INVESTIGATION: In Kwara, multimillion-naira milk processing plant is abandoned, converted to a chicken outlet
After the government spent millions of naira to establish a milk processing plant in Kwara State that would provided jobs...
SPECIAL REPORT: For Sokoto communities, promise of healthcare is akin to death sentence
In this story, ABDULRASHEED HAMMAD delves into the dire realities of Primary Health Care services in Sokoto State, shedding light...
ICYMI…SPECIAL REPORT: NNPCL hides behind PIA to frustrate disclosure, accountability
Nigeria’s major oil company, Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), in what appears to be a common practice of disregard...
INVESTIGATION: Multi-million naira Ekiti resort center remains uncompleted a decade after
The multimillion-naira project, expected to comprise recreational buildings, now consists of cassava farmland, a bush used for excretion, and a...