The Edo State governor, Godwin Obaseki has condoled with the former governor of the State, Adams Oshiomhole over an accident that claim the lives of two of his convoy.
Two of the police officers attached to the convoy of the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) lost their lives on Tuesday while two others were in critical condition when an articulated vehicle lost control and ran into the convoy of Oshiomhole near Oluku Junction in the Ovia North-East Local Government of Edo State.
Oshiomhole is said to be on his way to Usen to join the APC campaign train when the accident happened.
The accident prompted the candidate of the APC in the September 19 Governorship Election, Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, to call off the rally behind schedule.
According to a statement by the Oshiomhole team, the accident occurred at one-minute past 12pm.
“The convoy was headed to Usen Community in Ovia South West Local Government Area of Edo State, where Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was expected to appear at a campaign rally alongside Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu, the APC governorship candidate in the September 19, 2020 election in the state, when a trailer driving in the same direction veered off its course, hit the backup Toyota Hilux vehicle carrying seven policemen, forcing it off the road into the bush and rammed into the Sports Utility vehicle carrying Comrade Oshiomhole, causing substantial damage.
“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.”
The team added that there was more to the accident.
The statement added, “Without prejudice to police investigations, eyewitnesses accounts suggest, and we believe rightly too, that this was an assassination attempt targeting Comrade Adams Oshiomhole. It is painful that innocent policemen performing their legal duties lost their lives in this very unfortunate incident.”
Another statement by the Chairman of the APC Media Campaign Council, John Mayaki, the campaign said it was suspending the scheduled event to honor the dead.
The campaign condoled with the families of the victims on behalf of Pastor Ize-Iyamu and the APC, it pledged that the campaign will do everything within its powers to ameliorate their grief.
In a statement, the Edo State Governor, Godwin Obaseki commiserated with the families, Oshiomhole and Ize-Iyamu, over the accident.
Obaseki said, “I received the news of the accident with shock and commiserate with the former governor of Edo State, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, and the candidate of the APC in the forthcoming governorship election, Osagie Ize-Iyamu. over the very unfortunate incident involving their security aides and top chieftains of the party in the campaign team.”
