S. A: FOUR PEOPLE HAVE DIED AFTER A CAR WAS SWEPT AWAY AT AN OVERFLOWING BRIDGE IN THE MAKOTOPONG RIVER NEAR SEBAYENG.(PHOTO).
Four people have died after a car was swept away at an overflowing bridge in the Makotopong River near Sebayeng. Police recovered the bodies after a blue Renault Kwid carrying five occupants was pulled into the river during heavy water flow on Sunday morning, 8 March 2026. One passenger escaped from the vehicle and alerted police and emergency services. Police say the car was travelling along the Madiga–Makotopong gravel road when it overturned at the flooded bridge and was dragged into the river. The Provincial Search and Rescue team recovered the first body on Sunday. The victim was identified as Lebapa Petrus Mochitele, 27, from Madiga Village. EMS personnel declared him dead at the scene. Search operations resumed on Monday with the SAPS Water Wing Unit, EMS Search and Rescue, the Fire and Rescue Department, and an EMS helicopter. Teams located the submerged vehicle and recovered three more bodies. The victims were identified as Seobi Dikgale, 33, Betty Makokoane, 22, and Shel...
Today wednesday,the Nigerian Police arraigned a 28 year old man Adamu Haruna,before a Senior Magistrates Court in Katsina for allegedly leading a gang of cattle rustlers terrorising communities in Katsina state.The accused,who resides at Danke village of Safana Local Government Area of Katsina state,was arraigned on a one count charge of leading a gang of thieves that specialised in cattle rustling.The Police First Information Report {FIR} stated that the accused was arrested by the state's Anti-Cattle Rustling Military Team on September 11 at about 9:30om in Marmara village.''The soldiers under the command of Maj.Hamza Abdullahi,arrested the suspect,following a tip off that he was the leader of the cattle rustlers in the area.The soldiers were informed that the suspect had been organising the theft of cows and terrorising the villagers,who owned the cows.When accosted by the soldiers in his hide out at Marmara village,the accused failed to give any satisfactory explanation about his business or involvement in cattle rustling''.The Magistrate said that the court would not take the plea of the accused,as it had no jurisdiction to do so.The Magistrate explained that the accused was arraigned before the court for the purpose of cognisance only and ordered the case file to be forwarded to the state Ministry of Justice for advice.She directed the police to continue with the investigation and adjouned the case till October 27 for continuation.Hmm.One more photo below. 
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