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BREAKING: Vice President Yemi Osinbajo’s car somersaults on Abuja Airport Road

The severity of the crash was not immediately clear.

• June 6, 2022
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Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (Photo Credit: Twitter)

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has been involved in an auto crash along the airport road on Monday morning in Abuja.

Mr Osinbajo’s security aides and rescuers are trying to pull him from the vehicle, Peoples Gazette learnt. A witness sent in a video from the scene.

It was not immediately clear the severity of the accident on the Nigerian leader.

The Nigerian leader was on his way to Ondo for a condolence visit over the massacre of Catholic worshippers on Sunday morning, according to his office.

The crash comes three years after Mr Osinbajo survived a chopper crash in Kogi.

Details shortly…

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