Ekwunife who is the Chairman, House of Representatives Committee on Environment along with Ogene, Deputy Chairman, House Committee on Media and Public Affairs were in a Lexus bullet-proof jeep travelling from Abuja to the East when the accident occurred along the airport road within the federal capital territory, FCT in the early hours of Friday.
Continue....The lawmakers who were injured in the crash are said to be receiving treatment at the National Hospital, Abuja where they were rushed to after the crash.
An eyewitness account disclosed that the vehicle swerved and somersaulted several times before landing in a ditch by the side of the airport road. The aspirants and their driver were immediately moved to the hospital by men of the Federal Road Safety Corps.
The accounts said the accident occurred as the driver was trying to avoid collision with a fuel tanker.
When contacted, Hon. Ekwunife described the incident as a miraculous survival. “I thank God for His mercies and grace upon my life and the lives of everyone in the vehicle. Seeing the car alone you will not believe that the occupants survived. But all of us are in very stable condition. I am very grateful to God for His mercies”, Ekwunife said.
Her driver, Mr. Ejidike said “I believe it was madam’s act of kindness that made God save all of us. Before we left the house this morning, madam, in her usual kindness gave money to everybody including her neighbours’ gatemen who saw her when she was leaving. The gate men rained prayers of God’s divine protection on her.”
In his reaction, Hon. Ogene thanked God for sparing their lives from the snare of death. He said only the hand of God could have been responsible for saving people from accidents such as this.
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