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Thunder felled tree kills Niger CPC legal adviser

Barely one week after flood killed two brothers in Minna, the Niger state capial, disaster struck again as a tree fell on a major road in the capital city during a two hour heavy downpour and killed the Legal Adviser to Niger State Chapter of Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Barrister Joseph Kolo.

Eye witness told Channels Television that the 40 year old barrister arrived from a journey during the rain and decided to park under a tree while waiting for the rain which had made movement difficult, to stop, only for the tree which was supposed to shelter him from the rain  fell on top of his car killed him instantly.

However, the remains of the late barrister has since been deposited in Minna General Hospital morgue.

Channels Television

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