Ramon Mustapha, a driver of Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, reportedly lost his life and three others sustained various degrees of injury in a fatal auto crash that involved the convoy of the Governor.
According to The Nation, the accident occurred when the Governor was returning to Ibadan from Saki where he had gone to attend a town hall meeting with members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) ahead of his second re-election bid in the 2023 general elections.
The driver was said to have died on the spot after he was flung when his vehicle with the code name “Zebra 4” landed after somersaulting several times.
It was gathered that the driver might have been saved had he used his seat belt.
The aforementioned publication reported that a source who was in the convoy said that the driver smashed his head during the accident, leading to his immediate death.
The remains of the driver were later buried at his residence in Amuloko, Ibadan on Wednesday, according to Islamic rites.