The Commissioner of Police Osun State command, CP Undie Adie, Sunday 20th September escaped death in a motor accident which involved his convoy and a Toyota Corolla car along with Enugu Abakaliki high, in Ebonyi State southeast Nigeria.
The CP was returning from Cross River State where he attended a burial over the weekend when the Toyota Corolla car rammed into the CPs convoy while negotiating on the highway.
The CP, however, sustained a fracture on his leg as a result of the accident and he is currently receiving treatment at the Ebonyi police command clinic.
Although it was alleged that the driver abandoned his car and ran away, the source disclosed that the said driver is receiving treatment at FETHA.
The police public relations officer Ebonyi Command DSP Loveth Odah who confirmed the story said the CP is in a stable condition and effort is on to arrest the said driver.
“At about 2:50 pm, the Commissioner of Police of Osun State who visited Cross River state for burial was on his way going back. On reaching Abakaliki/Enugu Expressway by EcheMass filling station on his convoy, one Toyota Corolla car with registration number KSF 76FW lost control while negotiating into the Express road, ram into the Commissioner of Police Osun State Command, CP Undie Adie who was returning to Osun from Cross River State where he attended a burial ceremony.
“Then, he was admitted to our own hospital that is, police clinic here in Abakaliki. He had a little fracture on his legs as a result of the accident and the driver of that corolla car ran away, he absconded immediately after the accident and has not been seen.
“Effort is on to arrest the fleeing corolla car driver. We have gone to the necessary offices, ministries to get to the owner of the vehicle and as soon as we see him, we will arrest him.
“The Osun CP is still in the hospital, he has been checked. Ebonyi State Commissioner of Police, CP Philip Maku visited the Osun CP yesterday and today. So, Osun CP is in stable condition just that he has fractured.”
