Former Anambra factional Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Egwuoyibo Okoye, yesterday night escaped death following a fatal road crash.
Okoye was involved in the accident with his Personal Assistant, Mr Nelson Amechi, which occurred at the Enugu-Anambra border along the Enugu-Onitsha Expressway.
The vehicles involved in the head-on collision were a truck laden with scraps bearing registration number XA 199 DMA, heading to Onitsha and a Peugeot 406 with registration number AN 21B-AN belonging to Okoye.
The chieftain was said to be in stable condition while the second occupant (Amechi) who drove the vehicle was receiving treatment for injury sustained in an undisclosed hospital.
The Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Blaise Ezeani, who confirmed the accident, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka that both vehicles were in the corps’ office.