Ibrahim Hussaini, a police outrider in Senate President Godswill Akpabio’s convoy, was killed when a gas tanker 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 another senator as chieftain.
The Senate President described the accident, which happened on Sunday just after his convoy picked him up from the airport, and stated that the rider’s head was broken.
He offered his condolences to the officer’s family and pledged to find jobs for two of Hussaini’s older children.
“We went to Oyo State for our colleague’s installation,” he stated. Regretfully, a tanker driver ran over my dispatch rider, shattering his head. In Kogi State, we buried him fifteen minutes ago. He left behind four children and two marriages.
“By the grace of God, I’m recommending two of his older children for immediate employment in any parastatals that may want to; if not, I’ll personally employ them in any of my private concerns.”
According to Akpabio, the officer is survived by two wives and four children and was buried in Kogi State.
Sunday Karimi, the senator from Kogi West, filed a motion for personal explanation to formally bring the issue before the Senate after the announcement.
According to Karimi, Hussaini was a Deputy Superintendent of Police who was scheduled to retire the following year. He continued by saying that since Akpabio took office as Senate President in 2023, the Kogi State native had been a member of Akpabio’s security detail.
The lawmakers observed a minute of silence in remembrance of the deceased officer.
