The Ondo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has berated Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa over his silence regarding the death of a teenager allegedly run over by his convoy.
Naijaonpoint reports that the PDP, in a statement on Thursday by its Director of Media and Public Communications, Wande Ajayi, alleged that the deceased, Good Emiju, was knocked down by Aiyedatiwa’s convoy at Oka-Akoko, headquarters of Akoko South-West Local Government, during Aiyedatiwa’s thank-you tour of communities in the council.
While expressing concern over the hurried burial of the deceased, the opposition party stated that Emiju died due to the failure of the General Hospital in Oka-Akoko to manage the situation.
The PDP further demanded a transparent explanation from the state government, stressing that Aiyedatiwa’s continued silence is unacceptable, insensitive, and disrespectful to the memory of the deceased and his family.
The statement added, “According to credible accounts, the victim was first rushed to the General Hospital in Oka-Akoko, where medical personnel were allegedly unable to adequately manage the situation due to the deplorable state of the facility. He was thereafter transferred to the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, where he was pronounced dead. Shockingly, the young man has since been buried.
“To date, no official statement has been issued to inform the general public, clarify the facts surrounding the incident, or explain the circumstances under which a citizen lost his life in connection with a government convoy.”
However, Governor Aiyedatiwa, in a statement through his Special Adviser on Communication and Strategy, Allen Sowore, distanced himself from the incident, stressing that his convoy was not involved in the death.
The governor said, “It is pertinent and necessary to categorically clarify that the Governor’s convoy was neither responsible for nor involved in any accident on that day, or on any day since the commencement of the Thank-You Tour across the 18 LGAs of the State.”