Police Rider in Akpabio’s Convoy Dies After Collision With Petrol Tanker

Ibrahim Hussaini, a police outrider in Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s convoy, was killed after a gasoline truck collided with it in Ibadan, Oyo State.

Akpabio, who revealed the information during Tuesday’s plenary, said that the tragic event happened while visiting Oyo State to install a new senator as chieftain.

The Senate President described the incident, which happened on Sunday just after his convoy picked him up from the airport, and said that the rider’s head was broken.

He pledged to find jobs for two of Hussaini’s older children and offered his sympathies to the family of the deceased officer.

“We went to Oyo State for our colleague’s installation,” he remarked. Unfortunately, a tanker truck ran over my dispatch rider, shattering his head. In Kogi State, we just buried him fifteen minutes ago. He left behind four kids and two women.

“By God’s grace, I’m recommending two of his older children for employment right away in any parastatals that may want to; if not, I’ll hire them myself for any private matters.”

According to Akpabio, the officer is survived by two wives and four children, and he was buried in Kogi State.

Sunday Karimi, the senator from Kogi West, made a motion for personal explanation to formally bring the issue before the Senate after the announcement.

According to Karimi, Hussaini is a Deputy Superintendent of Police who is scheduled to retire in the upcoming year. The Kogi State native, he continued, had been a member of Akpabio’s security detail since 2023, when Akpabio became Senate President.

The lawmakers commemorated the deceased officer with a minute of silence.