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#NigeriaDecides: Casualties as NSCDC vehicle moving election materials crashes – 2023 Election Live Updates
There have been multiple casualties as Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) vehicle moving election materials was involved in an accident.
The accident which occurred on Friday evening, February 24, 2023 along Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja
According to Punch Newspaper, the vehicle crashed in the evening on Friday, February 24, along the Giri Roundabout bridge in Abuja, leaving many badly injured.
It was gathered that residents of the area were seen assisting the NSCDC personnel in picking up the election materials littered at the accident scene.
ENigeria Newspaper reports that an eyewitness at the accident scene revealed that some of the passengers in the vehicles sustained a series of injuries, while one suffered a fatal head injury. In a video on social media, people are seen helping to pick up papers suspected to be electoral materials littered on the ground.
The witness recounted that some of the senior officials of the NSCDC were moved to a different location in the aftermath of the incident.
SOURCE: ENigeria Newspaper