By Ayuba Maffi
Rotji Lazarus, a 27 years old resident of Gwalameji area of Bauchi was reportedly knocked down by a hit and run driver along Bauchi–Dass road in Yelwa area, 24 hours to travel abroad after securing a job.
Eyewitness accounts said that Lazarus was killed by a moving vehicle at night without headlights, close to POWA shops, Police Barracks.
Our Correspondent gathered that the driver absconded after knocking Lazarus, heading towards Rafin Zurfi, Tafawa-Baleawa Road.
The deceased was a graduate from the Federal Polytechnic Bauchi and held post graduate Diploma in Tourism and Leisure Management at Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi in Benue State.
He was to be selling fruit juice close to where he was knocked down in Yelwa.
Meanwhile, the Bauchi State Commissioner for Works and Transport, Professor Titus Saul Ketkukah expressed condolences to his Special Adviser, Lazarus Buba, the father of late Lazarus.
The Commissioner described late Lazarus as gentle, humble and someone who respects and obeys his parents and people.
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