One of Nigeria’s prominent retired Nigerian Army officer, Brigadier General John Shagaya, is dead.
Shagaya, according to available information, died in a car crash on Sunday.
The former Senator was said to be travelling on the Langtang-Pankshin Road on his way to Jos, the Plateau State capital, when he had a lone crash at about 2:45pm.
The spokesman of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Commander Bisi Kazeem, said the FRSC team from Langtang Unit Command were at the scene almost immediately after the crash.
He was reportedly travelling in a Toyota Land Cruiser Jeep with his driver and an orderly from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
Preliminary report indicated that the driver lost control and hit a tree, making the General to sustain an head injury that eventually led to his death.
The two injured aides of the General are currently in Pankshin General Hospital, while the corpse of Shagaya has been deposited at the Nigerian Air Force Hospital Mortuary in Jos.
The FRSC Corps Marshal, Dr. Boboye Oyeyemi, has expressed his condolences to the family, while appealing to other motorists to always avoid whatever could cause mishap on the highways.
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