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 said his leg is “totally broken.”
The doctors said 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, a source at the government house
told PREMIUM TIMES.
The governor is in “serious pains,” the aide, who saw the
governor at the Intensive Care Unit of the hospital, said.
The governor’s convoy was involved in an auto crash on
Lokoja-Ajaokuta road, around Salem University on Friday afternoon.
The accident left his aide-de-camp dead, Idris Mohammed, and
injured two other officials.
The cause of the accident is still unknown. The stretch of road
where the accident occurred has no potholes – a major cause of accidents on
Nigerian roads.
A witness told PREMIUM TIMES that the part of the road
immediately before the accident spot had “banking issues.”
Banking is the necessary force that helps cars avoid skidding
while moving on curved path/road.
Source: Premium Times
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