A late-night collision in Jigawa State on Monday claimed seven lives, leaving the Kafin Hausa LG chairman injured as the police launch probe.

Our correspondent gathered that seven people have been feared dead after a ghastly auto crash along the Malam Madori–Hadejia Road in Jigawa State on Monday night.

According to an eyewitness exclusively interviewed on Tuesday by PUNCH Metro, the incident occurred around 9:45 p.m. at Kashin Dila Junction, involving a Toyota Starlet and a black Mercedes-Benz GLK.

The eyewitness revealed that the Toyota Starlet, driven by Adamu Dakido, was said to be conveying passengers from Hadejia to Malam Madori when it collided head-on with the GLK vehicle.

“The GLK was carrying the Chairman of Kafin Hausa Local Government Area and his driver, who were travelling from Gumel to Kafin Hausa at the time of the crash,” the source stated.