Deputy Governor of Ondo State Survives Auto Crash
Here is what we are reading concerning the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Alhaji Ali Olanusi.
Four
persons were on Saturday reportedly killed and a traditional ruler hospitalized
in an auto crash which involved the convoy of the Deputy Governor of Ondo
State, Alhaji Ali Olanusi at Aponmu-Owena along Ondo road in Akure, the State
Capital.
Olanusi escaped unhurt, while a teenager who was in the same car
with the monarch, Osunmakinde of Ife Tuntun, Osun State, Oba Obawure Taofeek
Olaposi, sustained injuries.The four dead persons are said to be occupants of a vehicle
belonging to a staff of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Akure which the
Camry allegedly rammed into before hitting the Deputy Governor’s convoy.
There were divergent eye witness accounts about how the incident
occurred.An eyewitness blamed incident on Oba Olaposi’s driver, who he
said has been overtaking vehicles, while in the process used his white Toyota
Camry to hit the Deputy Governor’s convoy and other oncoming vehicles.
But, another source said the monarch, who was said to be
travelling from Ife to Akure was caught in the over speeding convoy of the
deputy governor, who was rushing to Ondo town to attend a ceremony.
The accident was said to have occurred as a result of reckless
driving on the part of the convoy.The monarch and a teenager among the occupants of his vehicle
were said to be responding to treatment at a Specialist hospital in Akure
following injuries sustained in the incident, while the corpse of the victims
had been deposited at the hospital mortuary.
Confirming the incident, the Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy
Governor, Mr Daisi Ajayi said the Deputy Governor was on his way to Ondo on
official assignment when the incident occurred.He said one of the Security cars in the convoy and the Deputy
Governor’s spare care were badly damaged as a result of the incident.
However, Olanusi has returned to the State Government where he
now been attended to by medical experts.
Credit: Nation
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