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Bauchi-Gombe road: FRSC sensitises motorists on alternative routes
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says it has embarked on sensitisation of motorists on alternative routes to neighbouring states following the collapse of Bauchi – Gombe highway.
FRSC Sector Commander in charge of Bauchi State, Patrick Ikaba disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Bauchi.
NAN reports that the road collapsed due to flooding resulting from heavy downpour on Sunday.
The situation forced some of the motorists travelling from the Adamawa, Gombe and Taraba to Abuja and other parts of the country to take alternative route through Gombe – Dukku -Darazo -Bauchi road.
He said the Corps had provided cordon tapes, reflective cones, deployed personnel at 50 metres to the affected area to control traffic and avert accident.
“We are ensuring safety at the washed off point under rehabilitation, and we have provided red flags at 50 to 100 metres away from the scene.
“This is done in order to alert on coming motorists of the danger ahead,” he said.
Ikaba further called on all motorists plying the road to be patient as the site engineers had promised that the road would become free by end of the week.
A Student Of Osun State Polytechnic, Iree, Osun State, has died after being hit by a trailer driver on Monday, April 15.
The Accident was said to have occurred when the driver, who was reportedly driving against traffic, collided with the motorcycle conveying a student named Olanrewaju Olatona and another passenger along the Ikirun-Osogbo road area of the state.
Due to the severe impact, Olanrewaju Olatona, a National Diploma 2 student, suffered fatal injuries. He died at the scene.
Olatona, who was the Financial Secretary of the Department of Mass Communication, was preparing for the one-year Industrial Training programme.
The driver fled the scene after the accident and has not been apprehended.
Subsequently, Osun State Polytechnic students organised a procession in front of the school gate and blocked the expressway for several hours.
Some unknown gunmen have kidnapped Joshua Rogers, the ChannelsTV reporter in Port-Harcourt, the Rivers State capital.
Politics Nigeria learnt that Rogers was picked up close to his residence at Rumuosi in Port Harcourt and to an unknown destination by the gunmen around 9pm on Thursday, April 11.
The reporter was driving his official ChannelsTV branded car when the hoodlums accosted, pointed a gun at him and took him away in the same vehicle.
Rogers was said to be returning from his official assignment in Government House after a trip to Andoni for a government event when the incident happened.
Already, the gunmen were said to have contacted his wife and demanded a N30million ransom for bis release.
His cameraman confirmed the incident and appealed to his abductors to set him free unconditionally.
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