A senior military officer, Maj. S. Sayyadi of Headquarters Infantry Corps Command (ICC), has died in a road traffic accident along the Zaria–Kaduna Expressway near the Julius Berger gate, close to Jaji Military Cantonment.
Security sources disclosed that the incident occurred on May 21 when the officer’s vehicle reportedly collided with a Sino truck that had slowed down to access the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) railway project site located at the New Barracks area in Jaji Military Cantonment.
Following the accident, medical teams from the Armed Forces Command and Staff College (AFCSC) and ICC were swiftly mobilised to the scene, where the officer was confirmed dead due to severe head injuries.
