By Yemi Monday
Bauchi State Sector Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed that Yobe State Commissioner for Youth and Sport, Goni Bukar Lawan, has died in a fatal motor accident.
According to the FRSC, the fatal accident occurred in Dagauda village of Dambam LGA in Bauchi State along the Damaturu-Kano Expressway Road.
The FRSC said the late Goni Bukar Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives from Yobe State, died on Tuesday night on his way to Kano State from Damaturu, Yobe State capital.
According to a road traffic crash (RTC) report from RS12.12 Dambam Station Office, the crash occurred on Tuesday, 2/08/2022 at 1815hrs and was reported at 1820hrs while FRSC personnel arrived at 1832hrs taking them 12 minutes.
The crash occurred on the Dambam – Potiskum road adjacent AY Dagauda Fuelling Station in Dagauda Village, Dambam LGA.
The nature of the RTC was fatal involving 1 vehicle with registration number 11A01YB belonging to the Government of Yobe state Jeep Lexus GX 470 driven by the late Hon. Goni Bukar Lawan himself.
According to the FRSC report, the probable cause of RTC was speed limit violation and lost of control (SPV/LOC) with one person injured while the other person died on the spot of the accident.
The victims were taken to the General Hospital in Dambam for treatment and confirmation by the motor traffic department (MTD) of NPF Dambam Divisional Headquarters.
The was no obstruction as the vehicle is off the Road while no items were recovered as contained in the FRSC FOR signed by ARC JS Muhammad STO, Dambam made available to Journalists in Bauchi by the Sector Commander, Yusuf Abdullahi.
