Bauchi Accountant, Two Sons Die In Car Crash

A Treasury staff at the Bauchi State Treasury Board, attached to the office of the Head of Civil Service, Bauchi (HOCS), Yakubu Shehu  has alongside two of his children died in a solo auto crash on Saturday afternoon, May 13th.

The crash occurred along Azare/Sakwaa road in Zaki Local Government Area of Bauchi State .

A source in Azare reported that the late Yakubu and his two children died on the spot following the crash.

The source said that Yakubu was going to his village to attend a family wedding with his children when his car veered off the road following a tyre bust and rammed into a big tree beside the road.

He added that the victim’s car was almost torn into two equal halves following the impact of the crash.

Father and sons were buried later in the day according to Islamic rites after a funeral prayer held in Sakwa, their village.

Among those in attendance at the funeral prayer was the representative of the Head of Civil Service of Bauchi State, two Permanent Secretaries, and three Directors from the office.