Speaker of Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Uche Okafor was involved in an accident, at Agu-Awka junction in Awka on Saturday night.
The accident left the speaker’s car damaged beyond recognition. This was the second accident that happened at that junction on Saturday night. Earlier, the former Managing Director of Anambra Signage, Chief Jude Emecheta, had an accident at the same junction that left him unconscious, while his car was damaged beyond repair.
Our reporter gathered that the Speaker was in his home only to respond to an emergency call from Emecheta’s friend and he rushed to the accident scene to take him to the hospital.
It was also gathered that the speaker, at the scene of the accident, while trying to pick important documents and other personal belongings of Chief Emecheta in his car, a trailer crashed on the car.
“It was while on this that another trailer failed brakes, lost control and hit the already damaged Emecheta’s car where the speaker is and his own parked vehicle park along the road, with the speaker escaping just by chance” a source said.
It was also gathered that the Speaker sustained no injuries from the accident and none of his aides sustained any injury.
The Speaker who narrated the ordeal expressed gratitude to God for escaping what might have been a very terrible experience. “None of us was hurt, it would have been disastrous, but we thank God”, he said.
According to him, Chief Jude Emecheta was responding to treatment.
“Jude was unconscious when I got to the accident scene. So, we took him to the hospital in my vehicle and he was responding to treatment before we left the hospital. On our way back, I decided to stop and pick some of his belongings from his damaged vehicle.
“I was inside the vehicle and suddenly, my aides were shouting “come out”, it was a bit confusing and chaotic and within a few seconds that I was out of the vehicle, a trailer ran over the already damaged Emecheta’s vehicle and also mine that was parked,” he stated.
When contacted Jude Emecheta who confirmed the accident said he had an accident and that that he was responding to treatment.
He also confirmed that the speaker had an accident while trying to collect some of his documents in his car.
” I thanked God for my survival and the speaker. The speaker has no injury and none of his aides” he said .
Recall that accident at Agu-Awka junction, known as immigration junction in Awka, has become almost a daily occurrence and usually involves trailers and other heavy vehicles which usually leave noteworthy damage to victims and their properties.
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