Oshiomhole escapes death as trailer crashes into convoy, 2 police officers killed

Former chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, escaped death by a thread as a trailer crashed into his convoy and killed two police officers

The politician escapes an untimely death on Tuesday, 1st September 2020 when a trailer crashed into the party’s campaign convoy at Benin Bye-Pass.

While Oshionmhole was lucky, two policemen in the convoy died in the accident at Oluku Junction.

It was not clear whether an APC candidate Pastor Osagie Ize-Iyamu was also embedded in the convoy.

The gravity of the accident and the fatalities involved led the party to suspend further campaign, according to a systement issued after the accident.

The party said it suspended the campaign to grieve with families of the victims.

Edo State election will be held on 19 September.