Three persons have been confirmed dead in the accident.
Oshiomhole and his entourage were returning from an Action Congress of Nigeria ceremony in Afuze, headquarters of the Owan East Local Government of the State where over 4,000 PDP members decamped to the ACN.
He was heading for Auchi enroute Benin where the Edo South Senatorial campaign was scheduled to hold at 3pm when the accident occured.
A statement signed by Director of Media and Publicity of Oshiomhole Campaign Organisation, Prince Kassim Afegbua said the tipper truck emerged from the opposite direction and rammed into the flag vehicle of the Governor before crashing into several other vehicles in the convoy leaving three people dead and several others in critical condition.
“The Comrade Governor’s back-up vehicle was badly affected as well as three other vehicles conveying security officers and members of the Governor’s Press Crew; the Comrade Governor’s vehicle escaped by the whiskers.
“The Governor is also recovering fast from the shock of the incident as it could have been worse if the tipper truck driver had succeeded in his dastardly mission. At first, the driver of the tipper truck attempted to escape but was quickly apprehended by sympathizers.”
“The Governor has ordered full scale investigation to ascertain the immediate and remote cause of this unfortunate incident which had claimed the lives of three young, brilliant and very hardworking journalists at this moment of the take-off of the Governor’s re-election campaigns.” Afegbua stated.
The campaign spokesman said the governor has every reason to suspect foul play in the incident and expect the Police authority to unravel the circumstances that led to the avoidable but unfortunate incident.
He explained that the suspicion was buoyed by the fact that there have been series of threats and boastful statements from the opposition camp, expressing very crude desperation about the July 14, 2012 gubernatorial election in the State as do or die affair.
“The Oshiomhole Campaign Organization wishes to express heartfelt condolences to the families of those who lost their lives in the line of duty. May the spirit of the Almighty God continue to abide with their families and may God grant them peaceful rest in the hereafter.”
“As a mark of honour, the flag-off earlier scheduled for the day had been put off until further notice.” Afegbua said.
-The Nation
thank God for sparing his life, keep up the good work u are doing, sir!
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