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Senate President’s Convoy in Fatal Crash

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Senate President, David Mark

 
A  fatal motor accident involving the convoy of the Senate President, David Mark, yesterday claimed the lives of  his official driver and a Police Inspector attached to his office.
The accident, which involved the official car of the Senate President, occurred around the Benue Burnt Bricks Junction in the outskirts of Otukpo town at about 7.30 a.m. Sunday.
Eyewitnesses said a trailer loaded with cement and heading towards Otukpo town had a head-on collision with the official car, leaving two persons dead on the spot while the third, a security personnel who was said to be in critical condition ,was rushed to Makurdi for medical attention.
It was further gathered that the Senate President was not travelling in the convoy at the time of the accident.

However, a statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the Senate President, Paul Mumeh, who was also in the convoy, said only the driver died in the accident.
He said apart from the dead driver, identified as Inspector Honourable Abah, two other security aides of the Senate President, identified as Corporal James Ogwuche and Constable Rasheed Quadiri were also injured in the accident.
The remains of the dead driver, according to Mumeh, had been deposited at the mortuary of the Federal Medical Centre, Makurdi, while the injured ones were receiving medical attention at the same hospital.
However the state Police Public Relations Officer (PPR), Mr. Ejike Alaribe, told reporters that he was yet to get an official brief on the accident.
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