Eighteen persons have died and forty others were injured in a fatal motor accident in Illela Local Government Area of Sokoto State.
The accident involved a truck carrying passengers and a herd of cattle.
The spokesman of the Kebbi State Police Command Nafiu Abubakar, who confirmed the development late Monday, said it occurred at the Malisa junction of Gwandu Local Government Area of the North-West state.
He explained that the Sunday accident involved a yet-to-be-identified driver of a truck with Reg. No. SRP 442 XA, Niger State, conveying passengers and cows from the Illela council area to Lagos.
The truck then lost control at Malisa Junction and fell, resulting in the accident that also caused the death of sixteen cows.
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