Gov Ortom survives auto crash

Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State was,
yesterday, involved in a car accident when a
commercial car rammed into his convoy.
Ortom, however, escaped unhurt!
The governor was returning from Zaki Biam,
where he had gone to carry out an assessment
of the attack by gunmen on International Yam
Market, when the accident occurred.

According to the Chief Press Secretary to the
governor, Terver Akase, the accident occurred
about 4:30p.m. between Abakwa and Adi in
Buruku council.
Akase said an oncoming vehicle, a Toyota
Carina II, left its lane and hit the Nigeria Union
of Journalists, NUJ, bus, which was on
Governor Ortom’s convoy.
He said no life was lost, but one occupant of
the Carina car sustained head injuries and was
taken to hospital on the directive of the
governor, while the state’s NUJ Chairman, Kris
Atsaka, also sustained minor injuries.