The Chief of Army Staff (CoAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya has commiserated with troops who were involved in a road traffic accident on Thursday at Garin Kuturu, along Maiduguri- Damaturu road, while responding to a distress call.
According to the Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu said one of the gun trucks conveying the troops skidded off the road and rammed into a road shoulder, causing the vehicle to somersault.
Onyema said nine personnel who sustained varying degrees of injury in the accident have been evacuated and are currently receiving medical attention in a military medical facility.
He said no fatality was recorded in the accident.
Gen. Yahaya lauded the troops for their swift response and urged them to be more circumspect during emergency operational responses.
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