About 100 police officers drafted from Akure, the Ondo state capital for the election rerun in Rivers state were involved in an auto accident on Friday, March 18.
According to Sahara Reporters, the policemen were traveling in a police truck with registration number “NPF 5205 C” when it collided with another truck carrying cows along the East-West road near Akala – Olu community in Rivers state.
Several police officers sustained various degree of injuries while at least 5 cows died in the accident.
In a related development, a major of the Nigerian Army and three other soldiers were reportedly shot dead on Thursday, March 17, in Abonnema in Akuku-Toru local government area of Rivers state.
NAIJ
