Less than one week after the convoy of the Kogi State Governor, Captain Idri Wada, was involved in an auto crash, which claimed the live of his ADC, the convoy of the state’s Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon Momoh Jimoh Lawal was also involved in an auto crash around Osara along the Okene – Lokoja Road Tuesday.
According to sources, the Speaker was returning from Okene when the police escort vehicle, a Toyota Hilux van , in which the Police Constable, Akeem Lamidi and others were travelling collided with a truck.
While the Speaker’s vehicle along with others were not affected by the accident, a police corporal Lamidi Akeem, who was in the affected escort car died on Thursday at the hospital.
The Speaker’s Chief Press Secretary, Austin Akubo, confirmed the report and said the Speaker’s vehicle was not affected.
It was gathered that Lamidi, who hails from Erin Ile in Oyun local government area of Kwara State was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre in Lokoja for treatment, where he died the following morning.
