Senator Akpabio Rushed to National Hospital as he Escapes Death in Car Accident

 Senator Akpabio Rushed to Abuja National Hospital as he Escapes Death in Car Accident

Former Governor of Akwa Ibom State who is also the Senate Minority Leader,  Godswill Akpabio, escaped death today when he was involved in a ghastly auto accident on his way to Nnamdi Azikiwe Airport for an international flight.

His vehicle, according to source, ran into a convoy carrying foreign envoy whose identity has not been determined yet.

It was gathered that the crash took place when one of the drivers opted to beat the traffic light. It was not clear whether it was Akpabio's driver or the driver of the Ambassador's pilot car that beat the traffic light which resulted in the accident.
Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC) personnel who pleaded for anonymity said whereas occupants of the ambassador's vehicles and Akpabio's driver did not sustain any injury, the senator suffered a degree of injuries in the chest region.

The road safety officer who was at the scene of the accident which happened at about 7:25 a.m. near Bolingo Hotel, along the Abuja Airport Road in the Central Business District, said Akpabio was immediately rushed to the National Hospital for an intensive care.

One of the senator's aides at the National Hospital, said Akpabio was on his way out of the country to visit his wife and children when the crash occurred.
The Deputy Minority Whip, Senator Biodun Olujimi, who was one of the early callers at the hospital, told pressmen that medical personnel at the hospital had informed her that the Akpabio was in a stable condition.
But the governor of Akwa Ibom State,  Udom Emmanuel, who was in the hospital to see his predecessor, failed to speak with the media when he arrived at the hospital at about 12:10p.m.
However, the Chief Information Officer of the National Hospital, Rabiah Labaran, told journalists in her office that Akpabio was brought to the hospital by some FRSC officers who rescued him from the scene of the accident.
Labaran said: "He (Akpabio) was brought in this morning after he had a car crash as I learnt. He was brought in from the Bolingo Hotel junction where a vehicle crashed into his own vehicle from behind.
"Lucky enough, when they brought him after the preliminary check–up, it was found out that he did not have any serious injury. He was talking when he was brought in and they gave him the necessary attention at the trauma unit.
"I learnt that as at this afternoon, (12:30pm), he was taken to the private wing of the hospital for proper care but there was no serious injury, though it has not been disclosed what kind of injury.
"It is something he can come over in a few days. He is currently recuperating. He was with his driver but the driver did not sustain injury."