Tragedy As Police Officer, Friends Die in Car Crash Moments Before Wedding
By: Olufemi Orunsola
Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State was thrown into a state of tragic shock as a groom believed to be a police officer and two of his friends lost their lives in a fatal accident just moments before his wedding ceremony on Saturday morning.
OPEN TELEVISION NAIJA (OTN) News reports as gathered that the deceased, SP Mustapha Garba Gumau, a senior police officer, was reportedly enroute from Gumau to Magaman-Gumau for his wedding fatiha scheduled for 10:00 am when the accident occurred around 9:00 am at Bargan Tsamiya village.
According to eyewitness accounts, the vehicle carrying the groom and his friends veered off the road and crashed, killing him and two others — Shuaibu Umar and Sulaiman Musa — on the spot.
Several other occupants of the vehicle were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries.
Consequently, the sudden loss has thrown the communities of Gumau and Magaman-Gumau into mourning, as what should have been a joyful union turned into a sorrowful occasion.
The spokesman of the Bauchi Police Command , Mohammed Wakil, could not be reached as his line was unreachable as of press time.
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