Zamfara NUJ Delegates Survive Ghastly Motor Accident 

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The 11 delegates of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) from Zamfara State Council, who participated in the just-concluded NUJ elections held in Owerri, Imo State, narrowly survived a ghastly motor accident on their way back home along Abuja-Kaduna Expressway on Friday.

Reporting the incident, the Zamfara State Secretary of the NUJ, Malam Ibrahim Ahmed Gada, said the incident happened when the re-elected Zonal Secretary (Zone A), Comrade Abdurrazak Bello Kaura, who was driving Zamfara NUJ delegates dodged an oncoming vehicle to avoid head-on collision while moving on the same lane as a result of ongoing road construction.

According to the secretary, ”It was as a result of dodging the oncoming vehicle, that our bus jumped to the other lane and brushed a tanker vehicle where both front and driver sides of the NUJ bus badly damaged.”

He further informed that all the delegates aboard the vehicle were safely evacauted to safety with only minor injuries, adding, ”We all walked out of the bus by ourselves.”

The further said that the damaged bus was towed down to Kaduna, where it would be safely kept for repairs.

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