Kogi Deputy Gov survives road accident

Lokoja – Mr. Yomi Awoniyi, the Kogi Deputy
Governor, on Sunday escaped unhurt in an
accident which involved his convoy on the
Abuja-Lokoja highway.
A statement by his Press Secretary, Mr
Michael Abu, said an escort van in the
convoy ran into two stationary vehicles
which were involved in an earlier accident.
The affected vehicles, a Mercedes Benz jeep
with Lagos registration number, YAB 966
AQ and a Honda Accord with Lagos
registration number LND 742 BE had earlier
collided before the van ran into them near
Kwali.
The statement which said the driver of the
Honda Accord lost control while trying to
overtake the Mercedes Benz added that
Awoniyi, who was on his way to Lokoja after
an official engagement in Abuja, escaped
unhurt.
Abu disclosed that those in the escort van
sustained minor injuries along with four
policemen and were receiving treatment at
the Kwali General Hospital and were
responding to treatments. (NAN)