Ex- Governor Akpabio hospitalised in Abuja after own car disobeyed traffic light, then crashed
A former Governor of Akwa
Ibom State, now Senate
Minority Leader, Godswill
Akpabio, escaped death Monday
morning after his car got
involved in an accident along
the Airport Road in Abuja.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the
accident occurred near the
Bolingo Junction close to the
Ship House, Abuja.
A witness said Mr. Akpabio was
moving in a convoy of vehicles
towards the City Gate when his
vehicle ran into another car.
“My wife and I were coming
from the NNPC Mega Station
and we stopped at the traffic
light by Bolingo Hotel Junction.
When the green light showed
and we made to move, there
was this siren blaring Mercedes
Benz jeep that came from the
town and almost crashed onto
my car. I don’t know how we
dodged but another that was
behind the jeep hit the car
behind me and tumbled on its
side.
“I and my wife rushed out of
our vehicle and helped the
driver bring out his boss. When
we brought him out, we found
that it was former governor
Godswill Akpabio.
“At the time we brought him
out, the siren was still blaring.
We put him in the other vehicle
and he was rushed to the
National Hospital.”
The witness said Mr. Akpabio
was badly shaken and was in a
traumatic condition when he
was brought out of the crashed
vehicle.
He said the former governor
was apparently rushing out of
the city when his convoy beat
the traffic and crashed.
When PREMIUM TIMES arrived
at the National Hospital two
hours after Mr. Akpabio was
admitted at the hospital, a
security official said the former
governor was at the National
Trauma Center.
The source however noted that
Mr. Akpabio was later moved to a private
section of the hospital for X-ray and other
investigations.
At about 10am, PREMIUM TIMES met with
the driver to the former governor, simply
called David who confirmed the accident.
Mr. David said his boss was in stable
condition but declined to say how the
accident happened. He wore a black jeens
trouser with a white stripped shirt.
When contacted on the telephone, the Chief
Medical Director of the hospital, J. Momoh,
said he could not speak on Mr. Akpabio’s
case because he has no authorisation from
the family.
Mr. Momoh, who argued that it is against
medical ethics to speak about a patient in
admission, did not however deny that Mr.
Akpabio was being admitted in the facility.
“I cannot speak about a patient in
admission without getting approval from
his family. You should therefore excuse
me,” Mr. Momoh said.
When reminded that Mr. Akpabio is a
public official and Nigerian Senate Minority
Leader and not a quiet family man, Mr.
Momoh still insisted he cannot speak on the
matter.
At about 12.25p.m. Mr. Akpabio’s
successor, Governor, Udom Emmanuel,
arrived in a three-vehicle convoy, led by a
Toyota Jeep, with registration number, Yab
474 BG.
Mr. Udom was driven in a BMW salon car
with the number plates covered.
UPDATE
Mr. Akpabio’s Physician, Iniobong Essien,
has arrived the National Hospital to oversee
the medical treatment of the former
governor.
Culled : premium times
Ibom State, now Senate
Minority Leader, Godswill
Akpabio, escaped death Monday
morning after his car got
involved in an accident along
the Airport Road in Abuja.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the
accident occurred near the
Bolingo Junction close to the
Ship House, Abuja.
A witness said Mr. Akpabio was
moving in a convoy of vehicles
towards the City Gate when his
vehicle ran into another car.
“My wife and I were coming
from the NNPC Mega Station
and we stopped at the traffic
light by Bolingo Hotel Junction.
When the green light showed
and we made to move, there
was this siren blaring Mercedes
Benz jeep that came from the
town and almost crashed onto
my car. I don’t know how we
dodged but another that was
behind the jeep hit the car
behind me and tumbled on its
side.
“I and my wife rushed out of
our vehicle and helped the
driver bring out his boss. When
we brought him out, we found
that it was former governor
Godswill Akpabio.
“At the time we brought him
out, the siren was still blaring.
We put him in the other vehicle
and he was rushed to the
National Hospital.”
The witness said Mr. Akpabio
was badly shaken and was in a
traumatic condition when he
was brought out of the crashed
vehicle.
He said the former governor
was apparently rushing out of
the city when his convoy beat
the traffic and crashed.
When PREMIUM TIMES arrived
at the National Hospital two
hours after Mr. Akpabio was
admitted at the hospital, a
security official said the former
governor was at the National
Trauma Center.
The source however noted that
Mr. Akpabio was later moved to a private
section of the hospital for X-ray and other
investigations.
At about 10am, PREMIUM TIMES met with
the driver to the former governor, simply
called David who confirmed the accident.
Mr. David said his boss was in stable
condition but declined to say how the
accident happened. He wore a black jeens
trouser with a white stripped shirt.
When contacted on the telephone, the Chief
Medical Director of the hospital, J. Momoh,
said he could not speak on Mr. Akpabio’s
case because he has no authorisation from
the family.
Mr. Momoh, who argued that it is against
medical ethics to speak about a patient in
admission, did not however deny that Mr.
Akpabio was being admitted in the facility.
“I cannot speak about a patient in
admission without getting approval from
his family. You should therefore excuse
me,” Mr. Momoh said.
When reminded that Mr. Akpabio is a
public official and Nigerian Senate Minority
Leader and not a quiet family man, Mr.
Momoh still insisted he cannot speak on the
matter.
At about 12.25p.m. Mr. Akpabio’s
successor, Governor, Udom Emmanuel,
arrived in a three-vehicle convoy, led by a
Toyota Jeep, with registration number, Yab
474 BG.
Mr. Udom was driven in a BMW salon car
with the number plates covered.
UPDATE
Mr. Akpabio’s Physician, Iniobong Essien,
has arrived the National Hospital to oversee
the medical treatment of the former
governor.
Culled : premium times
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