The convoy of Governor Ahmadu Fintiri of Adamawa state was involved in an accident on Saturday. <\/p>\n
Though the governor escaped unhurt but two vehicles in his convoy were crushed by a truck. <\/p>\n
The incident happened shortly after the governor and some of his commissioners entered a black Mercedes bus at the end of a wedding at Agga Mosque in Dougirei highbrow area of Yola, the state capital, a local who witnessed the incident said. <\/p>\n
A truck rolling down the steep road crushed two vehicles in his convoy, leaving two policemen identified as Inspector Madu and Sergeant Isa injured.<\/p>\n
A resident, Muhammad Dougirei, said the tipper suddenly ran toward the governor\u2019s convoy at a speed so high, suggesting that the driver had lost control.<\/p>\n
He said security operatives controlling traffic flow at the venue scampered in different directions.<\/p>\n
Dougirei said the truck driver managed to steer the truck away from the direction of the bus conveying the governor to hit the official vehicle of the permanent secretary, Political and Security Affairs at the government house, and a Peugeot 406 conveying a video journalist and the two injured policemen.<\/p>\n
According him, the police escort consequently manhandled the elderly driver as well as a young man who pleaded with them to take it easy with him before the driver was thrown in to a police pick up van and whisked away to Jimeta Police Division in the metropolis.<\/p>\n
A security source revealed that the injured Inspector was still lying unconscious at the Intensive care unit of the Specialists Hospital while the Sergeant had regained consciousness.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe incident took place within the twinkle of an eye; only a sheer of luck saved the governor and other passengers sitting with him in the bus. See how armed security men ran for their lives before the truck halted after hitting the two vehicles” Daily Trust quoted him to have said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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