Two Policemen attached to the convoy of the former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) Comrade Adams Oshiomhole Tuesday lost their lives in Oluku,Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State as a truck ran into the convoy heading to Usen in Ovia South West LGA for the APC campaign.
The Chairman of the Media Campaign Team of the All Progressives Congress,John Mayaki in a press release made available to journalists in Benin City, said the APC convoy was heading to Usen for the election campaign when the trailer ran into the convoy killing the two police escort in Comrade Oshiomhole convoy.
The identity of the police men were yet to be made Public as at press time.
Two policemen lost their lives Tuesday, September 1, and others sustained varying degrees of injuries in a fatal accident Involving the convoy of former national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.
It was learnt that Oshiomhole was traveling to Usen in Ovia North East Area of Edo State to appear at a campaign rally of the APC in the community when a trailer driving in the same direction veered off its course, hit the back up Toyota Hilux vehicle carrying 7 policemen.
The accident occured some minutes past12pm, around Oluku junction, Ovia North East Local Government Area of the state.
A statement by Media Aide to Oshiomhole, Victor Oshioke, said convoy of the former national chairman was maintaining it lane with normal speed when the trailer driving in the same direction hit the convoy, adding that it was an assassination attempt on Comrde Oshiomhole.
“It is pertinent to state, without fear of contradiction, that the convoy of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole was maintaining legal speed limits when this incident occurred. This explains why the trailer, travelling in the same direction over ran the Hilux truck off the road and still hit the SUV carrying Comrade Oshiomhole, causing substantial damage.
” Without prejudice to police investigations, eyewitnesses account of the incident suggest, and we believe rightly too, that this was an assassination attempt, targeting Comrade Adams Oshiomhole,” Oshioke statement reads.
While stating that Oshiomhole was not injured in the accident, the Media Aide called on the Police to investigate and unravel circumstances surrounding the accident.
He added, ” Finally we call on the security agencies to do everything possible to unravel the circumstances surrounding this incident, especially because of the threat to the life of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and the violence which has been directed towards him and his those around him in recent times.”
