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For someone who had just undergone surgery, Hussein Abdul-Azeez looked incredibly strong and cheery as he lay on a hospital bed in Asokoro General Hospital. The plasters on his right shoulder were the only evidence that less than half an hour earlier he had been wheeled out of the theatre after an operation to correct the anatomic structure of his fractured spatula.

Hussein is one of the surviving victims of last Monday's multiple auto crashes on the busy Abuja-Keffi Expressway, which, according to the National Emergency Management Authorities (NEMA), claimed 20 lives. An eyewitness at the scene of the crash said that she counted 25 dead bodies.

Two beds away from Hussein lay Ifeanyi, the driver of the trailer which lost control and crashed into oncoming vehicles. Ifeanyi sustained few leg wounds from the accident, and is now rapidly recovering from his injuries. Recounting the incident, he explained that he had been on his way from Lagos and was heading to Nyanya when he suddenly lost his brakes as he went down a steep slope at the Kugbo strip of the expressway.

Ifeanyi narrated that he frantically struggled to head the trailer into a nearby gutter, but soon lost his bearings and before he could do anything else, the trailer had climbed the separating structure, somersaulted and gone crashing down upon the vehicles approaching on the other side of the road.

He was brought to Asokoro General Hospital unconscious, along with the two other people who had been in the trailer with him. They only sustained minor injuries and were immediately discharged from the hospital.

When asked if he felt in any way responsible for the incident, Ifeanyi paused thoughtfully and responded with a firm determination that it was not his fault.

Two beds away, Hussein silently celebrates his life, as he also recalls the incident. He had been driving his Mazda to his mechanic's workshop at Kugbo. Not too long after making a u-turn at Abacha Barracks, he noticed the swerving trailer approaching from a distance, but could hardly make a move to save himself before it had crossed over to his lane and crashed into his Mazda as well as several other vehicles.

"I am a survivor", Hussein, a married fashion designer quietly whispers as he remembers the incident. Aside from the physical injuries sustained during the accident, Hussein is also recovering from the emotional wounds he has been nursing since the death of his four-day old baby boy earlier this month.

Head of the Emergency Medical Services and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Asokoro General Hospital, Dr. Sule Ahmed, explained that of the 15 victims brought in from Monday's auto crash, only three were admitted.

According to Dr. Ahmed, two of the cases were severe, and one of them who sustained head injuries had to be transferred out for neuro-surgery within the city.

Regarding the medical expenses of the accident victims, Dr. Ahmed explained that the Ministry of the Federal Capital gives an 'open cheque' for the treatment of mass casualties in incidents such as this.

Dr. Ahmed also noted that since the ban on commercial motorcycles (okadas) from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the volume of accident victims received at Asokoro General Hospital had significantly reduced from an average of 15 a day to about seven.

He went ahead to commend Nigerians for the sympathy and generosity shown to others in times of crisis, especially people from all walks of life who troop into the hospital to donate blood to save such accident victims.For someone who had just undergone surgery, Hussein Abdul-Azeez looked incredibly strong and cheery as he lay on a hospital bed in Asokoro General Hospital. The plasters on his right shoulder were the only evidence that less than half an hour earlier he had been wheeled out of the theatre after an operation to correct the anatomic structure of his fractured spatula.

Hussein is one of the surviving victims of last Monday's multiple auto crashes on the busy Abuja-Keffi Expressway, which, according to the National Emergency Management Authorities (NEMA), claimed 20 lives. An eyewitness at the scene of the crash said that she counted 25 dead bodies.

Two beds away from Hussein lay Ifeanyi, the driver of the trailer which lost control and crashed into oncoming vehicles. Ifeanyi sustained few leg wounds from the accident, and is now rapidly recovering from his injuries. Recounting the incident, he explained that he had been on his way from Lagos and was heading to Nyanya when he suddenly lost his brakes as he went down a steep slope at the Kugbo strip of the expressway.

Ifeanyi narrated that he frantically struggled to head the trailer into a nearby gutter, but soon lost his bearings and before he could do anything else, the trailer had climbed the separating structure, somersaulted and gone crashing down upon the vehicles approaching on the other side of the road.

He was brought to Asokoro General Hospital unconscious, along with the two other people who had been in the trailer with him. They only sustained minor injuries and were immediately discharged from the hospital.

When asked if he felt in any way responsible for the incident, Ifeanyi paused thoughtfully and responded with a firm determination that it was not his fault.

Two beds away, Hussein silently celebrates his life, as he also recalls the incident. He had been driving his Mazda to his mechanic's workshop at Kugbo. Not too long after making a u-turn at Abacha Barracks, he noticed the swerving trailer approaching from a distance, but could hardly make a move to save himself before it had crossed over to his lane and crashed into his Mazda as well as several other vehicles.

"I am a survivor", Hussein, a married fashion designer quietly whispers as he remembers the incident. Aside from the physical injuries sustained during the accident, Hussein is also recovering from the emotional wounds he has been nursing since the death of his four-day old baby boy earlier this month.

Head of the Emergency Medical Services and Orthopaedic Surgeon at Asokoro General Hospital, Dr. Sule Ahmed, explained that of the 15 victims brought in from Monday's auto crash, only three were admitted.

According to Dr. Ahmed, two of the cases were severe, and one of them who sustained head injuries had to be transferred out for neuro-surgery within the city.

Regarding the medical expenses of the accident victims, Dr. Ahmed explained that the Ministry of the Federal Capital gives an 'open cheque' for the treatment of mass casualties in incidents such as this.

Dr. Ahmed also noted that since the ban on commercial motorcycles (okadas) from the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the volume of accident victims received at Asokoro General Hospital had significantly reduced from an average of 15 a day to about seven.

He went ahead to commend Nigerians for the sympathy and generosity shown to others in times of crisis, especially people from all walks of life who troop into the hospital to donate blood to save such accident victims.

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The Nigerian government has for the first time admitted that its soldiers were "overzealous" in their fight against a radical Muslim group.

The military has been accused of extra-judicial killings and causing the deaths of civilians during its crackdown on the Boko Haram sect.

Boko Haram, whose name means "Western education is sacrilege" in the local Hausa language, has waged a violent campaign against Nigerian police and politicians.

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UK deports 61 Nigerians

The United Kingdom on Thursday deported 61 Nigerians, including three minors, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.

The deportees were flown into Nigeria in the early hours of the day in a chattered aircraft.

Those deported include 47 males and 11 females who were received and screened at the cargo terminal of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport by the officials from the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS).

An immigration source, who pleaded anonymity, said they were deported for immigration-related offences.

Some of the deportees who spoke with NAN alleged that most of them were sent back because their visas have expired.

A deportee, Eniola Adefuja said that her visa had expired since May and she was still in the process of renewing it when she was picked up by the police.

She added that she was not allowed to pick up her personal effects before being flown to Nigeria.

Another deportee who simply identified herself as Juliet, claimed that she was also arrested by the British Immigration officer over expired documents.

“My visa expired and they said I could no longer reside in the UK; that is why I was brought back home,” she said.

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