Emeute à Tafa après un accident de la route – 12 avril 2011
Road accident sparks riot in Niger
234next.com
April 13, 2011
Angry youth in Niger yesterday started a riot following the death of 18 people in a gory motor accident.
The rioters were furious that the grains trailer, which was unmoved since breaking down along the Abuja/ Kaduna expressway over 10 days ago, was allowed to remain there until an 18-seater bus, bound to Kaduna from Lagos, ran into it yesterday morning, killing all the people on board.
According to eyewitnesses, the youth chased off police and federal road safety corps officials and burnt down the Corp’s office in Sabon Wuse, Niger State. A police patrol vehicle was also burnt in the fracas.
The accident occurred at around 3 a.m opposite the Government Girls Secondary School Tafa, Sabon Wuse, and no one could be rescued when the bus caught fire.
The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Richard Adamu Oguche said, “The police ran to the scene but because the fire was too much, my men could do nothing.”
Informations
Tafa is a Local Government Area in Niger State, Nigeria, adjoining the Federal Capital Territory. Its headquarters are in the town of Wuse.
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