Nigeria: Bus Knocks Down Ojo Maduekwe On Bicycle

19 July 2001

Abuja — CURRENT campaign by Transport Minister, Chief Ojo Maduekwe to popularise the use of bicycle as a means of transportation almost claimed his life yesterday after he was knocked down by a bus while he was riding a bicycle to the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC).

The accident, occurred 50 metres from the minister's Mabushi residence in Abuja. Two buses with registration numbers XB 349 REH and XE 787 ABC had at the Banex intersection, with one of the vehicles knocking the minister into a ditch.

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