Auto Crash: Kogi Senator Cheats Death

The Senator representing Kogi State Central Senatorial district in the National Assembly, Ahmed Ogembe, on Friday survived an auto crash along the popular Abuja-Lokoja road on his way to Okene for elections’ duty.

Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Duke Opeyemi, to the Senator, disclosed this in a telephone interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lokoja.

He said the accident occurred at 9 a.m. on Friday, at Gegu community in Kotonkarfe Local Government Area of Kogi state.

Ogembe is seeking re-election under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 National Assembly election in Kogi State central.

According to Opeyemi, his bulletproof car somersaulted several times, but the senator and other occupants of the vehicle came out alive and unhurt.

The Senator expressed gratitude to God for saving his life and that of the people with him. He prayed for more of God’s protection over his life, his family and the entire people of his constituents and Kogi state at large.