Governor
Samuel Ortom of Benue State was, yesterday, involved in a car accident when a
commercial car rammed into his convoy. Ortom, however, escaped unhurt! The
governor was returning from Zaki Biam, where he had gone to carry out an
assessment of the attack by gunmen on International Yam Market, when the
accident occurred.
According
to the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Terver Akase, the accident
occurred about 4:30p.m. between Abakwa and Adi in Buruku council.
Akase
said an oncoming vehicle, a Toyota Carina II, left its lane and hit the Nigeria
Union of Journalists, NUJ, bus, which was on Governor Ortom’s convoy.
He
said no life was lost, but one occupant of the Carina car sustained head injuries
and was taken to hospital on the directive of the governor, while the state’s
NUJ Chairman, Kris Atsaka, also sustained minor injuries.
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