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THREE persons were killed yesterday in an accident involving the convoy of Governor Tanko Al-Makura of Nasarawa State.
The accident happened at Dogon Dutse, along Toto-Nasarawa road while he was returning from Umaisha after donating relief materials to victims of flood disaster in Toto Local Government.
A Hilux van on the governor’s convoy was said to have rammed into a truck that was coming from the opposite side with registration number Kano EX 384 NSR.
Among the victims were the governor’s Personal Assistant, Mohammed Zaki Gambo, who was also his nephew, a policeman attached as aide to the governor’s son and the driver of the Hilux vehicle conveying them.
The governor’s son, who escaped death, was rushed to the Keffi Medical Center where he is receiving treatment after hours of removing him from the damaged vehicle.
The governor immediately suspended his trip to Loko on a similar exercise.
He was still at the Keffi Medical Centre as at the time of filing this report
God have mercy on them