Monday, February 16 2026 -A cameraman with Channels Television, Kani Ben, has d!ed from spinal cord injuries he sustained in a ghastly road accident in Bauchi State.
The accident occurred on Friday, 6 February 2026,
along the Yashi–Yelwan Duguri Road in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi
State.
Ben passed away at about 4:00 a.m. on Sunday, February 15,
at Modular Theatre Complex of the Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University
Teaching Hospital (ATBU-TH), Bauchi, where he had been receiving treatment.
He was among 13 journalists from various media organisations
involved in the crash while covering the commissioning of projects by the North
East Development Commission (NEDC) in the state.
The victims sustained varying degrees of injuries, including
head injuries, bruises and compound fractures.
It happened shortly after a delegation led by the Minister
of State for Regional Development, Alhaji Uba Maigari Ahmadu, commissioned and
handed over a Government Secondary School in Yelwan Duguri.
Eyewitnesses said the vehicle conveying the journalists
attempted to overtake a convoy when it veered off the road and somersaulted
several times, throwing the occupants out.
Ben, who was seated in the front of the vehicle, suffered
severe spinal cord injuries.
He underwent surgery a day after the crash but later d!ed
while receiving treatment.
He is survived by his wife and two children.
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