The convoy
of Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki was yesterday involved in an accident
along the Benin-Lagos Express Road.
The accident
occurred in front of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH) but no
live was lost except for three persons who sustained injuries.
When The
Guardian visited the scene of the accident, some private vehicles were seen
damaged alongside the governor’s press crew bus marked (EDGH 278) which was
badly destroyed and was being towed away at the time of filing in this report.
A statement
by the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media and Communication Strategy, Mr.
Crusoe Osagie, said: “A number of people in the bus and three other vehicles
that were involved in the accident, including a medical doctor and a mother and
child, sustained varied degrees of injuries, and are currently receiving
treatment at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH).
“An official
of the state government has been sent to the hospital to ascertain the degree
of injuries sustained by the victims and we are also in touch with the doctors
managing the victims.
“We have
undertaken to pay the medical bills of all the victims. No life was lost.”
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