Barely one week after the convoy of Kogi State Governor, Idris Wada, was involved in a motor accident, which claimed the life of his Aide-de-Camp (ADC), the convoy of the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, Hon. Mommoh Jimoh Lawal, was on January 2 involved in a motor accident along Okene-Lokoja road, leaving his police escort, Constable Akeem Lamidi, dead.
This, however, came on a day Wada’s Senior Assistant on Media and Strategy, Mr. Jacob Edi, dismissed a media report that the governor had resumed work, after being discharged from hospital.
But sources yesterday, said the Speaker prior to the accident,
was returning from Okene, when the police escort vehicle, a Toyota Hilux van, in which Lamidi and others were travelling collided with a truck.
was returning from Okene, when the police escort vehicle, a Toyota Hilux van, in which Lamidi and others were travelling collided with a truck.
It was also gathered that Lamidi, who hails from Erin Ile in Oyun local government area of Kwara State was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre (FMC) in Lokoja for treatment, where he eventually died.
However, the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the Speaker, Mr. Austin Akubo, confirmed that Lamidi died yesterday morning at Federal Medical Centre.
He pointed out that it was not the Speaker’s vehicle that got involved in the crash, but that of the police escort who died.
He pointed out that it was not the Speaker’s vehicle that got involved in the crash, but that of the police escort who died.
“The Speaker’s vehicle is not affected. He is hale and hearty. The Speaker, was ready to take him to the best hospital in Nigeria for the best medication. But unfortunately, he gave up the ghost this morning. However, his remains have been taken to his home town in Erin Ile, Kwara State for burial today (yesterday),” he said.
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