‘Fake news’ — Osinbajo not involved in accident, says aide

‘Fake news’ — Osinbajo not involved in accident, says aide

Contrary to media reports that the convoy of the Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was involved in an accident on airport road, Abuja, on Monday, the nation’s number two citizen is safe.

The Senior Special Assistant to the Vice President on Media and Publicity, Laolu Akande made this known in a statement.

Akande said his principal only stopped to assist a victim of road traffic accident on his way to Owo, Ondo State, to visit the site where terrorists attacked worshippers in a church on Sunday.

“On his way to the airport this morning, VP came across a road traffic accident, stopped to lend assistance, & ensured victim was taken to the hospital with VP’s convoy ambulance. He then proceeded on his trip and is now in Ondo State heading to site of yesterday’s attack in Owo,” he said.

”VP’s security and medical teams assisted in removing the victim from the crushed vehicle resulting from a somersault. And transported patient to Airforce base hospital. It was a solo accident. The car had summersalted on the opposite lane and was impaled on a tree.”

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