Not fewer than 37 soldiers were injured when a military truck conveying soldiers was involved in an accident along the Kano-Gaya Road on Friday.
An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria in Kano on Friday that the accident happened between 8am and 9am.
According to the witness, the military truck, with registration number NA1716 BO5, was travelling to Dutse in Jigawa State when the incident occurred.
NAN gathered that the accident was caused by brake failure.
When contacted, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in Kano State, Aminu Umar, confirmed the incident.
Umar said the incident happened around 9am when the military truck, which was conveying soldiers, led by Major R. O. Alieze, had brake failure in Gaya town, Gaya Local Government Area.
He said the injured soldiers had since been taken to General Hospital Dutse in Jigawa State for medical treatment.
“It was our rescue team in Wudil that conveyed the victims to the General Hospital, Dutse where they are receiving medical attention,” he said.
Umar dismissed the rumour being peddled that some of the soldiers died in the crash.
NAN.
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