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From Tunde Omolehin, Sokoto
Two people, including a policeman attached to the convoy of Sokoto State Deputy Governor, Idris Mohammed Gobir, lost their lives in an accident which occurred on Wednesday evening in the state.
The accident occurred when the state Governor, Ahmed Aliyu Sokoto, alongside his deputy, were returning from Sabon Birni to Sokoto, the state capital, after an official engagement.
A source told Daily Sun that the accident also claimed the life of a photographer attached to the deputy governor’s office. The source said the accident involved a police vehicle in which the photographer was.
Police spokesman in the state, ASP Ahmed Rufa’i, confirmed that the incident involved a pilot vehicle on the deputy governor’s convoy.
“The accident involved a pilot vehicle on the convoy of the deputy governor, and the driver of the vehicle, who is a police officer, was confirmed dead with a photographer in the convoy.
“The injured are already receiving treatment at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, here in Sokoto,” he said.
