Ex-Akwa Ibom Governor Involves In Auto Crash; Hospitalized In Abuja

Posted by African Examiner Latest Headlines, News Monday, August 31st, 2015

By Ayo Balogun – The immediate past Governor of Akwa Ibom State and Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, Monday morning involved in a road crash in Abuja, on his way to the Abuja International airport.

Akpabio’s car it was learnt, ran into a yet to be identified convoy of an envoy at a traffic point. An attempt by either Akpabio or the Diplomats’ Driver to beat the traffic light caused the accident, in which the former Governor sustained some injuries on his chest.

.The accident which was witnessed by a Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), occurred early in the morning, along the Abuja Airport Road, in the Central Business District (CBD) Area of Abuja.

The former Governor has been admitted at the National Hospital for intensive medical attention.

He has also been visited by his personal Physician and his successor, incumbent Governor Udom Gabriel Emmanuel