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...
The Inspector-General of Police,Ag IGP Ibrahim K. Idris,NPM,mni,accompanied by the the Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service {NIS},Muhammad Babandede,Comptroller General of the Nigerian Prisons Service {NPS},Ahmed Ja'afar and Commandant General,Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps {NSCDC},Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu..On July 16,2016 paid an official visit too Borno State where he presented food and other relief materials to Internally Displaced Persons {IDPs} at Muna Garage,they were also provided with Police medical services.The IGP used the occasion to pay courtesy call on Borno State governor,His excellency,Gov.Kashim Shettima,the Shehu of Borno,Alhaji Abubakar Ibn Garbai and the Military Officers at Mai Malari Barracks where he was received by the Theatre Commander,Major General Leo Irabor.On the IGP's entourage were the DIG Operations.DID Joshak Abila and other Senior Police officers.More photos below. 









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