A vehicle in the convoy of Mrs Betty Akeredolu, wife of Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday killed two female undergraduates of Adeyem
A vehicle in the convoy of Mrs Betty Akeredolu, wife of Ondo State governor, Rotimi Akeredolu, on Tuesday killed two female undergraduates of Adeyemi College of Education (ACE), Ondo, along Akure-Ondo Road.
The bus, assigned to the Governor’s Office Press Corps, in Mrs. Anyanwu-Akeredolu’s convoy hit a separate vehicle in which the two students were travelling into a canal. The convoy of the governor’s wife was heading to Ore in Odigbo Local Government Area for an empowerment programme when the accident occurred. The programme is the brainchild of the Forum of the Wives of the State’s Government Officials (FOWOSO) through the office of Mrs. Akeredolu.
No fewer than three occupants of the Press Corps bus sustained serious injuries.
A Government House source said the accident occurred when Mrs. Akeredolu’s convoy was leaving her monthly empowerment programme in Ondo town.
He blamed the accident on overspeeding by drivers in the convoy of the governor’s wife.
“The convoy of tbe Ondo State Governor’s wife was involved in a fatal motor accident today (Tuesday) around 2pm and two persons, who were students, died. The driver conveyed people, who were mostly journalists. The driver, later identified as Mr. Jimoh, veered off to hit the students,” said the source.
The driver has since been arrested by the Police on the order s of the governor’s wife. An aide to Mrs. Anyanwu-Akeredolu also confirmed the incident.
“The accident happened today, but the governor’s wife was not in any of the vehicles and those involved were the people going ahead of her for the monthly programme. We are already on top of the situation,” she said.
