Nigeria: Kogi State Governor Injured in Auto Crash

29 December 2012

Barely two weeks after Governor Patrick Yakowa of Kaduna State died in a helicopter crash in Bayelsa State, another governor, Captain Idris Wada of Kogi State narrowly escaped death yesterday when his convoy was involved in a ghastly auto accident along Lokoja - Ajaokuta Road.

Though, the governor survived the crash with "severe injuries," his aide-de-camp, an Assistant Superintendent of Police, Idris Mohammed died on the spot. His police orderly and driver sustained severe injuries.

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