The Senate Minority Leader and former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio this morning cheated death as his car was involved in a crash along Air Port Road, Abuja.
The accident occurred near the Bolingo Junction close to the Ship House, Abuja.
A witness said Mr. Akpabio was moving in a convoy of vehicles towards the City Gate when his vehicle ran into another car.
“My wife and I were coming from the NNPC Mega Station and we stopped at the traffic light by Bolingo Hotel Junction. When the green light showed and we made to move, there was this siren blaring Mercedes Benz jeep that came from the town and almost crashed onto my car. I don’t know how we dodged but another that was behind the jeep hit the car behind me and tumbled on its side.
“I and my wife rushed out of our vehicle and helped the driver bring out his boss. When we brought him out, we found that it was former governor Godswill Akpabio.
“At the time we brought him out, the siren was still blaring. We put him in the other vehicle and he was rushed to the National Hospital.”
The witness said Mr. Akpabio was badly shaken and was in a traumatic condition when he was brought out of the crashed vehicle.
It was further gathered that Akpabio sustained injuries on his chest and was rushed to the Trauma ward in the National Hospital Abuja where he is receiving treatment. His family members and associates have been to the hospital to visit him. He is said to be responding well to treatment.
He said the former governor was apparently rushing out of the city when his convoy beat the traffic and crashed..
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