Tragedy as 4 Civilians Dead, 3 Soldiers Injured In APC Accident

Five civilians were reportedly killed while three soldiers were injured in an accident involving Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) yesterday at Ahmadu Bello Way in Mubi town of Adamawa State, residents disclosed.

According to Leadership, the accident which occurred yesterday afternoon happened when one of the tyres of the APC burst as a result of which the vehicle skidded and rammed onto a commercial tricycle taxi commonly known as Keke Napep before it headed into the nearby meat seller’s shop and another welding shop resulting to the death of five civilians while three soldiers in the vehicle sustained injuries alongside several other people.

Eyewitness said the APC was moving on a high speed before the incident happened as a result of which the driver could not control the vehicle leading to the gravity of the accident.

“The APC was moving on a high speed before the tyre burst and the driver could not effectively control it as it wobbled before ramming into the Keke Napep as well as the adjoining welding and meat selling points,” he said.

A Keke Napep operator, Mallam Ahmadu Sani in a telephone chat said soldiers seem to be above the law whenever they are on the roads as they pay scant attention to the rights of other road users adding that they have caused a lot of accidents before and have been constituting nuisance on the roads.

“The soldiers operate with scant regard for highway codes.”