Kogi Governor seriously injured in crash, ADC dies

Governor Idris Wada of kogi state was on Friday involved in a ghastly motor accident along Ajaokuta-Lokoja road on his way to Lokoja, the state capital, after attending the annual Igala education summit held at the Kogi State University, Anyigba.

Eyewitness inform that the governor’s convoy, which was on high speed in order to meet up with another assignment in Lokoja on getting to Emi-Woro village in Ajaokuta local government area of the state, about 12 kilometer to the state capital when one of the tyres of the staff jeep suddenly bust off, causing it to somersault three times and multiple crashes by all the vehicles in the convoy.

"In the process the jeep driver lost control and ended up in a ditch leading to the death of the governor Aide-de-camp [ADC], Idris Mohammed, an Assistant Superintendent of Police [ASP] who died on the spot."
Other members of the governor’s aides who were on the convoy immediately rushed the governor to the state specialist hospital where the governor was taken into the emergency care unit for treatment.




Report has it that governor Idris Wada of Kogi State may have lost one of his legs in the fatal road accident that immediately killed his aide. Doctors at the Lokoja Specialist Hospital, where Mr. Wada received first aid treatment, say his leg is "totally broken".

The governor was brought into the intensive care unit with a severely fractured femur, a senior government official said. He added that the doctors said the governor is in good condition and did not sustain major head or spinal cord injuries.

"There is hope," he said. The state government arranged for a helicopter which flew the governor to the National Hospital in Abuja.
The governor is in "serious pains," the aide, who saw the governor at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, said.