December 01, (THEWILL) – At least three members of a detachment of vigilantes, accompanying the convoy of Adamawa state governor, Ahmadu Fintiri, while enroute Mubi for a campaign engagement, have been reported killed and five others injured in a fatal motor accident.
The accident involved a RAMP 2 Toyota Hilux van used by the Head of the vigilante.
Witnesses linked the incident which occurred around Fadamareke, in Hong Local Government of the State, to over speeding, while negotiating a dangerous bend,
Three lifeless bodies of occupants in the van included 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 degree 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, 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.”
THEWILL had reported that the Governor narrowly escaped death by the whiskers when a truck, which lost control almost rammed into his stationary motorcade last week.
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