TheCable

A driver was killed in an accident involving the convoy of Inuwa Yahaya, governor of Gombe. 

The accident was said to have happened while the governor was returning to Gombe from Bauchi where he had attended a meeting of the North-east Governors’ Forum.

According to Daily Trust, one of the tyres of the vehicle which was conveying Ismaila Uba Misilli, the governor’s director-general of press affairs, burst in motion.

TheCable made attempts to reach Misilli but he did not answer calls placed to his line. His phone was later switched off. 

Daily Trust reported that the driver of the vehicle simply identified as Malam Babangida was said to have lost control of the vehicle and lost his life in the process while the other occupants sustained injuries.

Those in the ill-fated vehicle, the newspaper said, were identified as Misilli, Umar Mahmud Gwani of GMC TV, Mohammed Adamu Osama, his cameraman and Malam Auwal, a photographer.

This incident comes four days after the convoy of Bala Mohammed, governor of Bauchi state, was involved in a road accident.

About 10 police officers sustained injury in the crash.