Tuesday, December 31, 2024 - One person has d!ed while others sustained injuries when a vehicle in the convoy of the Benue State Governor, Hyacinth Alia, crashed.
The incident occurred at Ihugh in Vandeikya Local Government Area of the
state on Sunday, December 29, 2024.
A source who confirmed the incident to Punch, said the crash was
caused by dust emanating from the untarred road which blocked the visibility of
the vehicles in the convoy.
“The governor has been in his local government (Vandeikiya) for almost
four days now for the Christmas celebration,” the source said.
“Yesterday, he was going to the church and his vehicle was in the front
followed by other vehicles one of the vehicles in the convoy veered off the
road because he couldn’t see clearly due to dust on the untarred road and
rammed into a motorcycle. One person d!ed and others sustained injuries.”
The
Technical Adviser to the governor on Media, Publicity and Strategic
Communication, Solomon Iorpev, said the incident happened several minutes after
the governor had been in the church.
Iorpev admitted that the vehicle involved was one of the vehicles in the
governor’s convoy but explained that the vehicle was not in a convoy when the
incident happened.
“The vehicle was alone on a mission when it got involved in an accident
and this was caused by dust,” he said.
“The road is very dusty and there was an oncoming vehicle in the
opposite direction and while the vehicle tried to avoid the oncoming vehicle it
rammed into a motorcycle which caused the accident."
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