Four persons have been reported dead from an auto crash involving the convoy of the Governor of Adamawa State Ahmed Fintiri, while on his way to Mubi for campaign engagement. It was stated that the accident occurred around Fadamareke, in Hong Local Government Area of the state, where a Toyota Hilux conveying a detachment of vigilantes crashed and is being linked to overspeeding while trying to maneuver a bend. Three lifeless bodies of occupants in the van that includes Bako Kaura, head of PDP’s informal security arm, and another victim identified as Adamu, Kaura’s biological son have been deposited at the mortuary of Hong Federal Medical Centre.
Five other occupants in the van who sustained various degrees of injuries were conveyed in the government house ambulance and another unmarked Hilux van, for treatment in a health facility. Governor Fintiri’s personal physician and head of the government house clinic, Dr. William Teri, who was among the first responders at the crash also conveyed the victims to a hospital for treatment.
A source at the scene of the accident who helped with the evacuation and rescue effort, however, said “I took out three lifeless bodies, but there’s a fourth that I think can hardly make it out of coma because of the injury he sustained. There were about nine occupants in the Ramp 2 Hilux van the head of vigilantes for Fintiri/Farauta campaign involved in the accident was traveling in.”
Just last week the governor narrowly escaped death when a truck that lost control almost rammed into his stationary motorcade. Unfortunately, two vehicles in his convoy were crushed in the accident. The incident occurred around the high-brow, Dougirei Hilltop Agga Mosque, where the governor had gone to attend a wedding engagement.
Two policemen who sustained fatal injuries from the crash were rushed to the intensive care unit of the state specialist hospital.
