The Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command has lost one of its personnel, Usman Audu (CCA) while responding to a distress call.
The Command’s Spokesperson, CSC Adamu Shehu, in a statement on Saturday said until his demise, Usman was attached to Kiyawa Divisional office in Kiyawa Local Government Area.
“The officer was involved in a motorcycle accident on his way to invite a respondent upon receiving complaint from a complainant at his duty post,” he stated.
“The accident occurred by the Local Government Secretariat, Kiyawa LGA at around 1300hrs when the motorcycle upon which he was being conveyed rammed into a wheelbarrow fully loaded with concrete blocks, thereby sustaining serious injuries, while the motorcycle rider escaped with minor lacerations.
“He was rushed to the Primary Health Care Center in Kiyawa and later transferred to the General Hospital, Dutse where he gave up the ghost.”
According to the Spokesperson, the deceased was laid to rest in his birthplace, Gidan Tilo village, Kiyawa LGA in accordance with Islamic injunctions.
He maintained that the he left behind a mother, wife and eight children.
The State Commandant, Musa Alhaji Mala (CC), on behalf of the entire officers and men of the Command commiserated with the Corps, families, friends and colleagues of the deceased and prayed God to give his family the fortitude to bear the loss.