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No fewer than four people have been confirmed dead, and ten others injured following a tragic motor fire incident in Gwaram Local Government Area of Jigawa State.

The spokesman for the Jigawa State Police Command, SP Lawan Shiisu Adam, confirmed the incident in a statement issued to DAILY POST.

According to the statement, the accident occurred on Saturday at about 4:00 PM when a white Hummer bus with registration number ZAK 382 XA caught fire. The vehicle was transporting 44 passengers—25 adults and 19 children—from Zaki LGA in Bauchi State to Rabadi village in Gwaram LGA.

SP Shiisu explained that the fire broke out near Government Girls Unity Secondary School, Gwaram. The fire reportedly originated from the vehicle’s exhaust, which made contact with a mattress tied to the back of the bus.

Tragically, four passengers—Zuwairah Hassan, Fatima Hassan, Iyatale Hassan, and Halima Muhammad, all from Saldiga village, Zaki LGA, Bauchi State—were burned beyond recognition.

Ten injured passengers were rushed to Gwaram Cottage Hospital for treatment, while the remaining passengers were safely rescued. The bodies of the deceased were later released to their relatives for burial.

The Jigawa State Police Command has urged motorists, particularly commercial drivers, to avoid overloading passengers and goods, adhere to speed limits, and conduct regular vehicle inspections to prevent similar tragedies.

Source: https://dailypost.ng/2025/02/23/four-dead-ten-injured-in-gwaram-auto-crash/

This Is Too Painful 😣 Mr Blogger Is Not Happy

Journey well to the dead.

RIP to the dead. Wishing the injured quick recovery.

May God have mercy upon us 🙏

Hmm

Be very careful out there

Tinubu is the president

no where is safe

I guess the ones in the back got burnt ....but didn't they feel the excessive heat? ... nobody smelled something was burning?...and how could they not exit the bus? ... goods and passengers all packed inside blocking easy exit?...and the doors not working as they supposed to? Instead of the Police warning motorists he should be telling his men to enforce o reloading rules. Anyhow society.

19 children, 25 adults in 18 seater bus

Hmmmm, overloading na understatement

Sardines get space sef

How come an 18 seater bus is carrying 44 passengers . RIP to the dead

What a tragedy. Rest in Peace to the dead

Jamieb:
How come an 18 seater bus is carrying 44 passengers . RIP to the dead

Bros, I tire

Gwaram. Thank to NYSC I spent one year in that village

Kilode, Wetin?

44 passengers inside that tiny hummer bus plus loads! Haba,

That's not overload again, that is death to the vehicle. That vehicle was designed to carry at most 18 passengers, why 44?

Wickedness is real Ooooh. They just kill those people for nothing.

P1PrinceKT:
Jigawa has the highest auto accident recently...

And they have some of the best road networks in Nigeria.

Gotocourt:
19 children, 25 adults in 18 seater bus

Hmmmm, overloading na understatement

Sardines get space sef

this number much now.44 people for bus not luxury.
Rip to the dead,wishing the injured quick recovery.

44 human beings in a single Hummer bus!! 😲



Nothing arboki no fit do.......

The state has good roads especially on the highways, hence when accidents happen it is catastrophic.
Over speeding n overloading is the order of the day.

People just dey kpai left and right for Naija...!

Just 2 months into the new year o.

44 passengers on an 18 seater capacity bus....

[quote author= post=134265560]This Is Too Painful 😣 Mr Blogger Is Not Happy[/quote]We need good news from you this year!

So sad.
RIP to the deceased.

RIP TO the dead