A senior military officer, Maj. S. Sayyadi of the Headquarters Infantry Corps Command (ICC), has died in a fatal road accident along the Kaduna–Zaria Expressway.
The tragic incident occurred on Thursday near the Julius Berger gate, close to Jaji Military Cantonment in Kaduna State.
According to security analyst Zagazola Makama, who shared the report on X citing security sources, the officer’s vehicle collided with a Sino truck that had slowed down to enter the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) railway project site around the New Barracks area in Jaji.
Emergency response teams from the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) and the Infantry Corps Command promptly arrived at the scene.
The officer reportedly sustained severe head injuries and was confirmed dead on the spot.His body was taken to a medical facility and later conveyed in a military ambulance to Katsina State, where he was laid to rest according to Islamic rites.
Military authorities have expressed deep condolences to the family of the deceased, describing his death as a painful loss to the Nigerian Armed Forces.
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