DPO dies in Katsina road crash

A Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in Musawa, Katsina State, DSP Sabo Umar, died in an auto crash that happened in Matazu Local Government Area of the state on Wednesday.

The police spokesman in Katsina, SP Gambo Isah, said the late officer was returning to Musawa from Katsina after attending a meeting with the state police commissioner and other security agencies, when he had the accident.

“The late DPO was here with other district officers of the civil defence, the DSS and other security agents to perfect operational plans with regard to the new security measures put in place by Katsina State government, with the Commissioner of Police, CP Sanusi Buba, as the chairman of the implementation committee.

“After the meeting, the DPO on his way back to Musawa, just 10 kilometres away, in Matazu Local Government Area, had a head-on collision with a truck and that is where he lost his life,” Isah said.

The police spokesman added that the remains of the the late officer had been deposited at the Katsina general hospital before conveyance to his home town in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State for burial.