Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday in Abuja survived a convey crash but two persons in his entourage were unlucky as they died in the accident.
The Nation reports that Jonathan and his wife, Patience, have been to the emergency unit of the National Hospital, Abuja where all victims were evacuated to
Although the former president was not admitted into any of the units in the hospital, some members of his team were critically injured.
According to sources, the convoy was involved in an accident while returning from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja to his residence in the Federal Capital Territory.
He had barely returned from an international assignment when the accident happened.
The Federal Road Safety Corps, which confirmed the incident, admitted that two people died in the accident.
The spokesman for the FRSC, Mr. Bisi Kazeem said: “Two people died in the accident. It was the ex-President’s convoy that was involved but he was not in the car that had the accident.”
A reliable source at the National Hospital told The Nation that “former President Goodluck Jonathan and his wife were not involved in the accident but two of his mobile policemen were the ones involved in the accident.
A former Minister said: “It was a minor crash which did not affect Jonathan in any way. He was not hurt at all.”
