ADVERTISEMENT
  • The Membership Club
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • PT Hausa
  • About Us
  • Advert Rates
  • Careers
  • Contact Us
Saturday, May 21, 2022
Premium Times Nigeria
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Home
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Opinion
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Special Reports and Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Features and Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • Projects
    • #EndSARS Dashboard
    • Parliament Watch
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • AGAHRIN
  • #PandoraPapers
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
Premium Times Nigeria
BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad BUA Group Ad
ADVERTISEMENT
Idris Wada kogi governor family

Family suspects plot to kill Kogi Governor

byAbdulrahman Abdulmalik
December 29, 2012
2 min read
Family sources said the Kogi governor might still be flown abroad if the hospital proved incapable of handling his case.

The family of injured Governor Idris Wada of Kogi is suspicious that the auto crash that broke Mr. Wada’s leg, killed his security aide and injured two other state officials was masterminded by “unknown forces” to kill the governor.

“We have no doubt that the governor was the target of their machination,” a family source said. “They want to kill him. They want to eliminate him at all cost.”

The source, who preferred not to be named because he was not authorised to speak on the matter, repeatedly declined to name those the family believe were behind the accident.

He only kept saying the accident was not ordinary.

He said it was curious that even though several vehicles were in the convoy, only the governor’s car was affected.

Even when reminded that only the governor’s car had a burst tyre, he said, “Yes, his car had a burst tyre and veered off the road. Why is it that the cars behind didn’t ram into him. Nothing happened to all the other cars in the convoy.”

The source went on to explain that the Kogi governor’s car is a bullet proof Lexus Jeep, and that an ordinary accident wouldn’t trigger the magnitude of impact the car suffered.

“It was a state-of-the art car and everything in it was bullet proof, the windscreen, the body and other parts. It was fortified against this kind of crash,” he added. “How come everything failed? It is now clear that the governor’s life is at risk.”

But when contacted, the Special Adviser to the Governor on Media, Jacob Edi, said he was not aware that anybody was after the governor’s life.

He said although there might be some disgruntled politicians in Kogi State, he was not sure that anyone would go to the “ridiculous extent of trying to kill the governor”.

“All I know is that we were in a convoy and there was an accident,” Mr. Edi said. “I leave the rest of the decision to the police and the Federal Road Safety Commission.”

On Friday, along the Lokoja-Ajaokuta highway, Mr. Idris’ convoy got  involved in a fatal auto crash  that killed his security aide, Idris Mohammed, on the spot and injured two other officials.

Doctors at the Lokoja Specialist Hospital, where Mr. Wada first received treatment, said his leg is “totally broken.”

Mr. Wada was later rushed to Cedar Crest Hospital, a private clinic in Abuja, where he is receiving treatment.

Family sources said the Kogi governor might still be flown abroad if the hospital proved incapable of handling his case.

  • WhatsApp
  • Tweet
  • Email
  • Print
  • Telegram
  • More
  • Share on Tumblr
  • Pocket

CITIZEN-FM AD


Support PREMIUM TIMES' journalism of integrity and credibility

Good journalism costs a lot of money. Yet only good journalism can ensure the possibility of a good society, an accountable democracy, and a transparent government.

For continued free access to the best investigative journalism in the country we ask you to consider making a modest support to this noble endeavour.

By contributing to PREMIUM TIMES, you are helping to sustain a journalism of relevance and ensuring it remains free and available to all.

Donate


TEXT AD: Why women cheat: what every Nigerian man should know







PT Mag Campaign AD

Previous Post

Super Eagles foreign pros set to hit Faro, Portugal

Next Post

Obasanjo, Sonekan, Egba chiefs in closed door meeting with Amosun

Abdulrahman Abdulmalik

Abdulrahman Abdulmalik

More News

Ayobami Runsewe, suspected primary school teacher who allegedly had carnal knowledge of a 13- year-old pupil in Ogun.

Police arrest teacher for allegedly raping 13-year-old pupil

May 21, 2022
The remains of the maverick politician and entrepreneur, Arthur Nzeribe, was on Saturday laid to rest at his country home, Oguta, in Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State.

Arthur Nzeribe laid to rest

May 21, 2022
Groups hold ‘one-million-man march’ for Peter Obi in Lagos

Groups hold ‘one-million-man march’ for Peter Obi in Lagos

May 21, 2022
Former Governor of Lagos State and presidential aspirant, Bola Tinubu.

Evil, politics can’t divide Nigeria – Tinubu

May 21, 2022
MTN, Airtel, GLO, 9Mobile.

Nigerian telcos lose 17,030 subscribers in nine months

May 21, 2022
Former president of Nigeria, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan. [CREDIT: Twitter handle of Mr Goodluck]

Jonathan wants Nigerian govt’s arbitration cases held in Nigeria, not UK

May 21, 2022
Next Post
PDP salutes Obasanjo at 75

Obasanjo, Sonekan, Egba chiefs in closed door meeting with Amosun

Nigeria Police Patrol

Police release suspected kidnappers in Ebonyi

Read All Comment

Search

AUN-PT Ad





Transport-Technology


Stanbic Ad


Access Bank Ad





Glo Ad


Subscribe to News via Email

Enter your email address and receive notifications of news by email.

Join 1,842,622 other subscribers.

Advertisement






netherland biz school Advert



Zenith Advert

ADVERTISEMENT

Our Digital Network

  • PT Hausa
  • Election Centre
  • Human Trafficking Investigation
  • Centre for Investigative Journalism
  • National Conference
  • Press Attack Tracker
  • PT Academy
  • Dubawa
  • LeaksNG
  • Campus Reporter

Resources

  • Oil & Gas Facts
  • List of Universities in Nigeria
  • LIST: Federal Unity Colleges in Nigeria
  • NYSC Orientation Camps in Nigeria
  • Nigeria’s Federal/States’ Budgets since 2005
  • Malabu Scandal Thread
  • World Cup 2018
  • Panama Papers Game
  • Our Digital Network
  • About Us
  • Resources
  • Projects
  • Data & Infographics
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

No Result
View All Result
  • #PandoraPapers
  • Gender
  • News
    • Headline Stories
    • Top News
    • More News
    • Foreign
  • Investigations
  • Business
    • News Reports
    • Financial Inclusion
    • Analysis and Data
    • Business Specials
    • Opinion
    • Oil/Gas Reports
      • FAAC Reports
      • Revenue
  • Health
    • COVID-19
    • News Reports
    • Investigations
    • Data and Infographics
    • Health Specials
    • Features
    • Events
    • Primary Health Tracker
  • Agriculture
    • News Report
    • Research & Innovation
    • Data & Infographics
    • Special Reports/Investigations
    • Investigations
    • Interviews
    • Multimedia
  • Arts/Life
    • Arts/Books
    • Kannywood
    • Lifestyle
    • Music
    • Nollywood
    • Travel
  • Sports
    • Football
    • More Sports News
    • Sports Features
  • #EndSARS Dashboard
  • Projects
    • Panama Papers
    • Paradise Papers
    • Parliament Watch
    • AGAHRIN
  • AUN-PT Data Hub
  • Opinion
  • The Membership Club
  • Dubawa
  • DONATE

All content is Copyrighted © 2020 The Premium Times, Nigeria

Our website uses cookies. By continuing to use this website you are giving consent to cookies being used. Visit our Privacy and Cookie Policy.
loading Cancel
Post was not sent - check your email addresses!
Email check failed, please try again
Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email.