4 NYSC Members, Soldier Among 6 Burnt to Death after Military Gun Truck Collides with Passenger Bus in Adamawa

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Four members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) and a Nigerian Army soldier were among six people killed when a military gun truck collided with a passenger bus and triggered a fire on a major highway in Adamawa State.

The victims were burnt to death after the commercial Hummer bus burst into flames following the collision on the Girei–Song Highway on Wednesday, according to the Adamawa State Police Command.

Police said the military vehicle was travelling from Gombi towards Yola when it collided head-on with the passenger bus, which was heading in the opposite direction from Yola to Mubi.

The impact reportedly caused the bus to overturn before it caught fire, trapping those inside.

In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer in Adamawa State, SP Suleiman Nguroje, confirmed that all five occupants of the commercial bus died in the inferno, while a soldier travelling in the military gun truck also lost his life.

Preliminary investigations showed that four of the victims in the passenger bus were serving NYSC members posted to Adamawa State.

Two of them have been identified as Suleuman Juliet and Usman Shuaibu, both from Kaduna State, while efforts are ongoing to establish the identities of the remaining victims and notify their families.

Emergency responders, security personnel and local residents were said to have rushed to the scene following the crash, but the intensity of the fire left little opportunity to save those trapped inside the bus.

The bodies of the deceased were evacuated and deposited at the Specialist Hospital in Yola, where authorities are continuing identification procedures.

The Adamawa State Commissioner of Police extended condolences to the bereaved families, the Nigerian Armed Forces, the NYSC and others affected by the tragedy, describing the incident as deeply saddening.

Authorities have launched an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the crash.

The deaths of the four corps members have added a particularly painful dimension to the incident, coming at a time when concerns persist over the safety and welfare of young graduates deployed across the country under the NYSC scheme.