Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State and his deputy, Chief Steven
Lawani, were involved in a ghastly road accident on Friday in which
eight people were injured.
The accident came a day before the governor’s 50th birthday which holds today.
The governor’s official vehicle in which he was travelling and his
spare vehicle were directly affected by the impact of the crash. The two
officials who were in the same vehicle escaped unhurt.
It was gathered that the governor and his deputy were on their way to
an official assignment in Wannune, Tarka Local Government Area and
Gboko when the accident occurred.
According to an eyewitness, an oncoming vehicle which overtook
another vehicle lost control, sommersaulted, then hit the spare vehicle
of the governor as well as the vehicle in which both the governor and
his deputy were travelling.
The accident happened at Angbaaye, a few kilometres after Makurdi, the state capital.
The governor’s spare vehicle was badly damaged while the impact of the accident on the on coming vehicle was very severe.
Both the governor and his deputy however rushed to rescue the victims
in the oncoming vehicle who were believed to be traders heading to
Makurdi.
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