But for God and fate, the Taraba state acting Governor, Alhaji Garba Umar, would have been dead today as his convoy was involved in a fatal motor crash along the Gombe/Bauchi Road. unlike his boss, the former of Taraba who was involved in an air accident that has rendered him incapacitated, Umar was involved in a road accident.
Umar was said to be on his way to pay a condolence visit to Governor Isa Yuguda of Bauchi State over the death of his sister last week when the accident occurred. According to reports, some vehicles in Umar’s covoy collided with others on the convoy of the Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Suleiman Rilwanu Adamu, at about 11.32 am at Shafuri village in Bauchi.Umar escaped unhurt even as two people sustained injuries while about seven escort vehicles were destroyed.
His Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Kefas Sule, who confirmed the accident however told reporters that the accident was not a fatal one and the acting governor and everybody on the entourage survived.
His Chief Press Secretary (CPS), Kefas Sule, who confirmed the accident however told reporters that the accident was not a fatal one and the acting governor and everybody on the entourage survived.
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