A 400-level female student of the University of Abuja, Murjanatu Zubairu, who was declared missing on Friday, April 26, has been confirmed d£ad.
The student, who left home for school on Friday, di£d in a car accid£nt along the Lugbe–Airport Road, Abuja. She was a student of the Department of Arts Education in the university’s Faculty of Education.
An uncle to the deceased, Alhaji Zubairu Jibrin Yewuti, confirmed her demise in a telephone conversation with DailyTrust on Monday night.
“The family of Murja called me in the afternoon and they confirmed that she di£d in an accid£nt that occurred along the Lugbe – Airport Road last Friday.
They visited the mortuary at the University of Abuja, Teaching Hospital where her corpse was found,” the uncle said.
The Lugbe Unit Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Commander, Sunday Ajokotola, said the accident, which occurred on Friday at 8:34 p.m. involved a Toyota Sharon bus near the Dunamis Church along the Airport Road.
The bus, which was at high speed, suddenly went up in flames, k+lling four persons including a female on the spot.
“Before our rescue team arrived at the scene, six people among the 10 inside the bus that sustained burns were rescued by the Airforce personnel who were treated in their hospital.
“Our men arrived at the scene and evacuated the four others including a female that got b¥rnt beyond recognition to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital’s morgue in Gwagwalada on that same Friday night,” he said.
