Tragedy as 2 doctors, 4 friends killed in Sokoto road accident

Tragedy struck on Sunday when two medical doctors from the Specialist Hospital in Sokoto, Anas Chika and Abubakar Liman Shehu, along with four other passengers, died in a road accident along the Bodinga-Yabo road.

The group was en route to Kebbi State when their vehicle collided with an oncoming truck.

Dr. Attahiru Isa, the Chief Medical Director of the Specialist Hospital, confirmed the fatalities, noting that Dr. Anas Chika was a member of the Gynaecology Department (O and G), while Dr. Abubakar Liman Shehu worked in the General Out-patient Department (GOPD) and also served as the Chief Imam of the department.

“We are very sad, particularly the Specialist Hospital and the state government because we lost two of our dedicated, nice and humble doctors. We are truly in a very sad mood but we take it as the will of Allah.

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“It is something that really touched our hearts. We pray Allah to grant them Jannatul Firdaus and grant their family the ability to bear the loss,” he prayed.

The Chief Medical Director noted that the deceased were attached to the units where the hospital had a lot of patients, but they still persevered and continued doing their job till their death.

A colleague of the deceased doctors, Dr Tijjani Farouk, recalled that they were together at the venue of the ongoing staff verification exercise being conducted by the state government few hours to their death.

“In fact I gave a cup of tea to one of them,” he said describing them as hardworking and religious.

The state chairman of the Nigeria Medical Association (NMA), Dr Farouk Kabiru, who also confirmed the death, described them as young dedicated doctors, saying the association and the state would really miss their contributions to the development of the health sector and humanity in general.

“We are shocked by their sudden death because they are such promising and highly dedicated young doctors in our midst.

“We were not aware of the death until this morning (Monday) after their corpses were brought to Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital,” he said.

He prayed Allah to reward them with the highest place in Jannah and grant their families the fortitude to bear the irreparable losses.