A team of journalists from various media organisations has been involved in a road accident while covering the commissioning of projects by the North East Development Commission (NEDC) in Bauchi State.
The journalists were part of the NEDC delegation led by the Minister of State for Regional Development, Alhaji Uba Maigari Ahmadu, on a handover of some completed projects to the Bauchi state government.
The accident occurred on Friday, 6 February, 2026, along the Yashi-Yelwan Duguri Road in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State, shortly after the delegation commissioned a Government Secondary School (GSS) project in Yelwan Duguri Country home of Governor Bala Abdulkadir Muhammad Kamran Bauchi,
Some of the journalists sustained serious injuries. They were initially taken to Yelwan Duguri Cottage Hospital for emergency treatment before arrangements were made to transfer them to the Bauchi General Hospital for further medical attention.
The injured journalists include a reporter from the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), correspondents from The Guardian, The Nation, and the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) along with its cameraman, correspondents and cameramen from Channels Television and Arise TV, a correspondent from AIT, two reporters from Bauchi Radio Corporation (BRC), a cameraman from Bauchi State Television (BATV), an online media reporter, and the driver.
Bauchi State Deputy Governor, Muhammad Auwal Jatau , led the Minister, NEDC management, and board members on a sympathy visit to the Cottage Hospital and directed that the injured be moved to Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University Teaching Hospital (ATBUTH) Bauchi for more specialised care.
Rescue operations were carried out by fellow journalists, NEDC officials, and other sympathisers who helped evacuate the victims to the hospital.
Our correspondent, who was among those on the trip, observed that the vehicle involved was one of those conveying journalists assigned to cover the event
