Tragedy strikes a Niger community after a tanker reportedly suffers brake failure and crashes into a house.
The victims were identified as a woman, Maryam Shuaibu, and her 10-year-old grandson. A young girl from the same household reportedly survived the crash but suffered injuries.
As disclosed by Daily Trust, a resident, Muhammad Badamasi, said the truck was coming from the Minna axis around 7am on its way to Kaduna when the driver noticed a brake failure.
According to him, the driver jumped out of the moving vehicle and left his assistant inside while also trying to stop the truck from outside by throwing objects at its wheels, but the effort failed.
The tanker then veered off the road and smashed into the house, killing Maryam and her grandson instantly.
Another resident, Abdulmumini Ahmad, said the same house had been hit by moving tankers about four times due to the poor condition of the federal highway in the area.
– Anger Erupts As Youths Block Highways
Anger, however, broke out in the community after the incident. Young people blocked the Suleja–Minna Road and also another route linking Dikko Junction to the Abuja–Kaduna expressway.
They said families affected in earlier crashes had never received any form of compensation from authorities or truck operators.
The protest caused heavy traffic, stretching into Suleja town and the surrounding communities along the busy routes.
Officials from the state government, led by the Commissioner for Transport, Abdullahi Shuaibu Maje, later arrived at the scene, appealed to the protesters, and succeeded in reopening the road around 3 pm.
The victims were buried according to Islamic rites, while the police in Suleja confirmed the incident.
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