Breaking: as if a curse follows the Nigerian police

Daily Trust reports that three police men, suspects die in motor accident.

According to Daily Trust, “Three police officers said to be working under DCP Abba Kyari and some arrested suspects have died in a ghastly motor accident few kilometers from where three police men were killed by soldiers along Ibbi-Wukari road in Ibbi local government area of Taraba State at about 6 pm, on Monday.”

It was the same IRT unit headed by DCP Abba Kyari, which lost 3 policemen to soldiers’ bullets last month.

Daily Trust’s finding revealed that “the police officers were escorting the suspects to the Area Command in Wukari when the driver of the police vehicle they were traveling lost control and somersaulted”.

An eye witness, Mallam Kasimu Dauda, told Daily Trust via Telephone that the accident occurred at a village few kilometers from where the 3 police men and 2 civilians were killed by soldiers last Month. He said the victims were part of DCP Abba Kyari’s team that came to Ibbi, following the killing of 3 Police men and 2 civilians and were left behind to conduct further investigation in the area. Mallam Kasimu Dauda said the victims were escorting the suspects and some guns recovered in the area when the accident happened.

The police spokesperson in the state, DSP David Misal, who  confirmed the incident via a text message to Daily Trust reporter, however said only one police man died in the accident. He wrote: “A vehicle with some police detectives, on special investigation, along Ibbi-Wukari road had a fatal accident as a result of bad tyres  and it led to the death of a police officer while others sustained injuries and are currently receiving treatment”.