Tragedy struck on Saturday as a groom and two of his friends were killed in a fatal auto crash in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, just moments before his wedding ceremony.
The deceased, according to dailynewshub.ng,
who was a senior police officer, SP Mustapha Garba Gumau, was reportedly en route from Gumau to Magaman-Gumau for his wedding fatiha scheduled for 10:00 am when the accident occurred around 9:00 am at Bargan Tsamiya village.
According to eyewitnesses, the vehicle conveying the groom and his friends veered off the road and crashed, killing him and two others — Shuaibu Umar and Sulaiman Musa — on the spot.
Several other occupants of the vehicle were said to have sustained varying degrees of injuries.
The tragic incident has thrown the communities of Gumau and Magaman-Gumau into mourning, as what should have been a joyful union turned into a sorrowful occasion.
Bauchi State Police Public Relations Officer Mohammed Wakil could not be reached for his reaction as of the time of filing this report.
