SAN FRANCISCO, July 22, (THEWILL) – The convoy of Solomon Dalung, Minister of Youth and Sports, was involved in a ghastly accident on Saturday at Akko village, along Gombe Airport road.
Dalung was in Gombe for the elective national congress of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) which took place on Saturday.
Nneka Ikem Anibeze, Media Assistant to the Minister, confirmed the incident adding that the Minister escaped unhurt.
She however revealed that the accident claimed a life while several others sustained various degree of injuries.
“Please, thank God for us. The convoy of the Minister of youth and sports Barrister Solomon Dalung was involved in a fatal accident in Gombe. The minister is unhurt. Thank you Lord,” she wrote.
Sunday Jika, the officer-in-charge, Gombe State Marshal, a local security outfit, who was in the minister’s motorcade also spoke about the incident.
“We received the minister at the airport and on our way back to town a Peugeot 406 car entered the motorcade of the minister hitting the pilot car,” Jika told journalists.
“The Peugeot car went ablaze. We were able to bring out three persons from the Peugeot car while the driver got burnt in the car.
“In the other bus among the minister’s motorcade, we also brought out people. All the injured persons have been taken to Gombe Specialist Hospital and Federal Teaching Hospital, Gombe.”
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