No fewer than two members of the Benue State House of Assembly were severely injured when the convoy of the state governor, Samuel Ortom, was involved in an auto crash.
The accident occurred on Friday morning when the governor and some Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) supporters were traveling to the Utokon community of Ado Local Government Area in continuation of the party governorship campaign rally.
The incident occurred when the driver of a branded bus fully loaded with PDP supporters lost control and rammed into three vehicles; a Jeep, a security vehicle, and another bus in the convoy.
Several people including state lawmakers representing Guma and Kwande West in the state assembly were injured.
The motorcade in the convoy consisted of the state’s deputy governor, Engr Benson Abounu; Senator Abba Moro; House of Representatives members, and House of Assembly members from Benue South district; among other top government and party officials in the state.
Meanwhile, an ambulance attached to the convoy evacuated the injured persons to the hospital while the rest continued with the journey.
