One person, identified as AbdulRasaq Ahmed, was confirmed dead while seven others sustained injuries after a truck rammed into a street campaign procession organised by the All Progressives Congress in support of its governorship candidate for the August 15 Osun governorship election, Bola Oyebamiji, in Ede on Wednesday.
The accident reportedly occurred as participants in the mobilisation exercise approached the Oke Gada area of Ede.
The Chairman of the Media and Publicity Committee of the Asiwaju Munirudeen Bola Oyebamiji Campaign Committee, Remi Omowaiye, confirmed the incident to PUNCH Online, saying the injured victims were receiving treatment at private hospitals in Ofatedo and Ede.
“One person was killed in the accident. Seven others were injured, but one out of the seven was critically injured,” Omowaiye said.
An eyewitness, who declined to be named, called for an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the incident, alleging that the truck driver ignored traffic directives
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