Petrol tanker rams into Akpabio’s convoy, kills dispatch rider

A petrol tanker has rammed into the convoy of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, killing a dispatch rider, Ibrahim Hussaini after members of his (Akpabio)convoy picked him up at the Ibadan Airport.

Penpushing reports that Akpabio disclosed the incident during plenary on Tuesday, where he condoled with the family of the deceased, an incident said to have occurred on Sunday in the ancient town

“We went to Oyo State for the installation of our colleague but the vehicles that came to pick me at the Ibadan airport……. Unfortunately my dispatch rider was run over by a tanker driver and his head was shattered. We just buried him 15 minutes ago in Kogi State. He left two wives and four children’, he lamented.

Penpushing further reports that Akpabio did not disclose the exact location of the incident, however, appealed to heads of ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) of the federal government to grant automatic employment to the children of the late rider.

The Senate President said that if no vacancies were available, he would personally ensure their employment by employing them personally in any of his private concerns, while he equally directed senators to observe a one-minute silence in honour of the late dispatch rider

“By the grace of God, I’m recommending two of his senior children for employment immediately in any parastatals that may wish to, otherwise I’ll employ them personally in any of my private concerns’, Akpabio added.

Penpushing also reports that dispatch riders are police officers who ride motorcycles as part of the security convoy of prominent public office holders and the senate president has about four dispatch riders attached to his convoy.

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