Two Policemen Killed as Oshiomohole Escapes Death in Road Crash

Former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, has been reported to have escaped death after an articulated vehicle lost control and ran into his convoy near Oluku junction in the Ovia North-East Local Government Area of the Edo State.

Ekohotblog reports that following the accident, two policemen attached to the former governor’s convoy lost their lives while they were on their way to Usen to join the APC campaign train for the September 19 Governorship Election when the accident occurred.

Upon getting the information, the APC candidate in the forthcoming election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu, called off his rally at Usen.

According to a statement signed by Oshiomhole’s media aide, Victor Oshoke who disclosed this development, he added that two other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries in the accident.

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Oshoke’s statement partly read, “Some minutes after 12 pm today Tuesday, September 1, 2020, there was a motor accident involving the convoy of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, along Benin-Lagos by-pass before Oluku junction.

“We are sad to report that two police personnel in the Toyota Hilux truck lost their lives while two others are in critical condition receiving treatment at a hospital in the state. Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and other persons in the convoy, apart from those indicated above, did not sustain any injuries.”