A bullion van belonging to a commercial bank has
killed two persons and injured three prospective
JAMB candidates waiting for their PIN number at a
Skye Bank branch in Lafia.
An eyewitness said the incident occurred at about
3pm on Tuesday when the driver of the van said
to be on top speed lost control of the Toyota
Hilux pick-up van and rammed into a commercial
motorcycle rider conveying a candidate.
The witness said that the van driver was eating
while driving when the accident occurred.
He said, “The vehicle crushed the okada rider, his
passenger and then knocked down three other
persons standing along the road. The okada rider
died on the spot while the JAMB candidate later
died the same day at about 6pm at the Dalhatu
Araf Specialist Hospital where she was rushed to
for treatment.”
One of the victims, who spoke to Northern City
News on his sickbed, Mr. James Chima, said he
was rescued from under the van after it knocked
him down.
“I was standing by the roadside beside the Skye
Bank premises when suddenly a police van
rammed into me and I found myself under the
vehicle,” he narrated.
Another eyewitness, whose sister was hit by the
van, said he narrowly escaped being hit by the
vehicle which he said was on a high speed.
“I was with my sister, Aisha Ikpanago, who had
just completed her JAMB registration process in
Skye Bank and we were discussing when suddenly
the police vehicle knocked her down and hit other
prospective JAMB candidates,” he said.
Ikpanago could not speak when she was visited in
the hospital as she was in pain.
The police spokesman in the state, DSP Idrisu
Kennedy, confirmed the incident, but noted that
the vehicle involved in the accident belonged to a
bank and not the police.
"The driver is an employee of the bank and most
of the bullion vans are properties of the banks."
Kennedy said investigation had commenced into
the accident.