JUST-IN: 6 NTA Journalists, 1 Other Die, 4 Injured In Gombe-Yola Road Accident

At least seven members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Gombe State Council, have lost their lives while four others sustained severe injuries in a lone fatal road accident involving an NUJ bus.

The accident occurred on Monday evening along Gombe-Yola Road as the journalists were reportedly returning from a wedding ceremony.

LEADERSHIP gathered that the victims were part of an NUJ delegation that had travelled to celebrate with a colleague, an employee of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA), who just got married.

Six of the seven deceased were staff of NTA Gombe. They have been identified as Manu Haruna Kwami (Manager, Administration), Zarah Umar (Manager, News), Isa (Editor), Musa Tabra (Retired Manager, News), Aminu (Driver), Adams (StarTimes), and Judith I. O. Subeb.

Those who sustained serious injuries included Emmanuel Akila, Steven Doddo, Nina, and Jonathan Bara, and are currently receiving medical attention at health facilities in the state.

Efforts to obtain official comments from the Gombe State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) proved unsuccessful, as repeated calls placed to the Sector Commander, Samson Kaura, were not answered as of the time of filing this report.