Camel kills aide to Zamfara State governor

Ado Yahaya, the Head of the Special Protection Unit of Governor Abdul-Aziz Yari of Zamfara State, has been confirmed dead after he was involved in a motor accident involving the governor’s motorcade and a camel.


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Yahaya, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, died in the incident on Gummi-Sokoto Road, while five other police officers attached to the governor’s security detail sustained injuries.

Nuhu Anka, the Director of Press and Communication to the governor, told journalists on Monday that the accident occurred when the governor’s convoy was returning from Talata Mafara, after a road inspection visit in Gummi.

Anka, who was also on the convoy, said the vehicle conveying members of the special protection unit ran into a stray camel while on high speed; resulting in the death of Yahaya.

He said the governor had instructed that the corpse should be conveyed to Gusau for funeral rites, while the injured policemen were admitted at the Federal Medical Centre, Gusau.
Culled:dailytimesnigeria