Election: NSCDC loses officer to road accident in FCT
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), has confirmed the death of Corps Assistant II, Abdusalam Roqeeb in a road accident at Giri junction in Abuja.
Olusola Odumosu, NSCDC Director, Public Relations, said on Saturday in Abuja said that the accident occurred some minutes past 11:00 a.m on Friday.
Odumosu said that the deceased alongside five others were personnel of Lagos State Command and were conveying authorised identification tags meant for personnel on election duty in Lagos.
He said that the five others involved in the accident are currently receiving medical treatment in an undisclosed hospital.
“The items that were scattered on the road at the scene of the accident in the video shared online were election identification tags.
“They were meant for Lagos command personnel on election duty before the unfortunate incident and not ballot papers or Personal Voters Card as speculated by certain individuals.
“The Corps is a non-partisan and apolitical organisation, hence, has no business conveying election materials as speculated in some quarters,” he said.
The Director said that the Corps’ Commandant General, Ahmed Audi, commiserated with family of the deceased, Lagos state command and the entire Corps.
“The CG has assured that the Corps will take full responsibility of the medical expenses of the injured as he wished them safe trip home after full recovery,” he said.
