Chai! Na serious matter we dey see for Yobe State o! One person just waka go like dat, while 87 others just dey suffer for road accident wey happen for Potiskum—no be play! This sad gbege happen around 2 pm on Wednesday for Potiskum entrance roundabout when one trailer wey carry people to cattle market lose control e turn upside down.
The Yobe State Police, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, don talk true for PUNCH Online say dem confirm one person die, while 87 others dey receive treatment for Potiskum Specialist Hospital. E still talk say the trailer dey overload with passengers. Wetin dem expect? Na so wahala dey start!
Survivors wey dey hospital don talk how the accident take happen. One Amir Dauda wey dey lay down for bed talk say as dem dey come close to Potiskum town, driver try manage maneuver the roundabout, but everything just scatter. Na so dem dey shout, and people dey fall on top each other like say dem be sack of rice!
Another passenger, Ibrahim Sadiq, don talk say dem no get other means to travel. Market day na day wey everybody dey rush go Potiskum market. E confess say dem know say e risky but dem no get choice, as dem just want reach market quick.
As people dey gather for hospital, the scene no be beta one at all. Murtala Lawan, one staff for the emergency unit, don dey complain say their facility no dey fit handle many people at once. Dem dey lie down for ground because no enough bed dey, and the place dey too small. This kind situation fit cause serious wahala if something no change!
Na so e be, my people. As we dey talk in fact, investigation don start to find out wetin really happen. Yobe State Police don dey urge all motorist and people wey dey waka make dem respect traffic rules so nobody go weep for road again. Make we dey keep our eyes for ground o, because na only one life we get!
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