Governor Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun State has escaped death. Sources close to the governor disclosed to us that the unfortunate incident happened on Thursday 11th May, 2017 on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, when a Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN’s bullion van smashed into the governor’s convoy.
Mr. Adejuwon Soyinka, Senior Special Assistant on Media to Gov. Amosun in a statement revealed that: “Governor Ibikunle Amosun, yesterday, escaped unhurt when a convoy of bullion vans belonging to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, rammed the governor’s convoy on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The incident, which occurred around Ibafo, while the governor was travelling to Lagos for an official assignment, saw the CBN convoy damaging the escort vehicle in the governor’s convoy.”
“The CBN convoy, driving dangerously, attempted to overtake the governor’s convoy without regards for the safety of other road users. On sensing danger, the Ogun Governor’s escort commander used a public address system mounted on his vehicle to warn the CBN convoy to desist from such reckless driving. Not only was the Governor’s escort commander ignored, the CBN convoy drivers went ahead to ram his vehicle and subsequently went after other vehicles in the Governor’s convoy, including the Governor’s official car, before they were brought to a halt by the security team attached to the Governor.”