A former Governor of Akwa Ibom
State, Senator Godswill Akpabio, was on Tuesday afternoon flown out of Nigeria
to receive medical attention abroad.
It was learnt that the senator,
in company with about five of his aides, left the Nnamdi Azikiwe International
Airport, Abuja aboard a regular private jet that he usually travels with.
Sources at the airport told our
correspondent that Akpabio and his team arrived at the General Aviation
Terminal, local wing, of the airport around 12.40pm.
It was learnt that the former
governor was conveyed to his aircraft by a tarmac bus and was fit physically
when sighted at the airport.
An official of the Federal Airports
Authority of Nigeria, who saw the senator while he was about to board his
aircraft, said, “He (Akpabio) was at the GAT local wing of the airport and one
of the tarmac buses was used to convey him to his aircraft. He left around 20
minutes to 1pm.
“The flight conveying him on the
trip taxied to the international terminal from where it took off. The former
governor travelled with his own private flight and had about five persons who
accompanied him on the trip. He looked physically okay, although some of the
men with him said he might receive medical attention abroad due to the car
crash he was involved in on Monday.”
Akpabio, who is currently the
Minority Leader of the Senate, was involved in a car accident on his way to the
airport to catch an international flight on Monday.
His car ran into a convoy of some
United State’s embassy officials while trying to beat the traffic light.
It was learnt that the occupants
of the vehicles in the convoy of the US embassy and Akpabio’s driver did not
sustain any injury but the senator suffered some injuries in the chest region.
It was gathered that the accident
occurred around 7.25am near the Bolingo Hotel, along Abuja Airport Road, in the
Central Business District of the FCT, and Akpabio was immediately rushed to the
National Hospital, Abuja for an intensive care.
Akpabio, it was learnt, was
travelling outside the country on Monday to visit his wife and children when
the accident happened.
The US Embassy also confirmed
that the convoy of the former governor collided with a suburban jeep belonging
to the mission.
The Senior Information Specialist
in the embassy, Sani Mohammed, stated that local authorities had commenced
investigation into the accident.
The Head, Media Relations and
Strategy, Federal Road Safety Corps, Bisi Kazeem, said seven adult males were
involved in the crash, adding that three of them including Akpabio sustained
injuries and were taken to the hospital.
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