Truck crashes into house in Niger, kills housewife, grandson

A truck on Sunday morning crashed into a house in Make, a community on the outskirts of Suleja in Niger State, killing two people, a housewife and her grandson.

A source told DAILY POST that youths blocked the Suleja-Minna Road as well as the road leading to Dikko Junction, which links the area to the Abuja-Kaduna highway to protest the incident. 

The truck driver, the source explained, arrived in the area around 7am from the Minna axis on his way to Kaduna when the brake suddenly failed him and  he jumped out of the truck, leaving behind his assistant to control the vehicle.

He added, “The truck rammed into the house, killing the housewife identified as Maryam Shuaibu alongside her 10-year-old grandson, while another girl from the family sustained injuries.”

The incident makes it the fourth time a moving tanker had crashed into the same house due to the deplorable condition of the federal highway in the area.

The youth expressed concern over the lack of compensation for families of victims and owners of the destroyed properties and blocked the highway which caused a gridlock extending to Suleja town and neighbouring communities along the Minna and Dikko road axes.

The Commissioner for Transport, Abdullahi Shuaibu Maje, who led a delegation from the Niger State government appealed to the protesters to reopen the highway around 3pm.

The victims were buried according to Islamic rites.

The Police Area Commander in Suleja, ACP Muhammad Sani Musa, confirmed the incident when contacted.