According to reports from The Ondo State Police Command, a 42-year-old Okada rider, Jimoh Adams who was trying to dodge the Governor’s convoy bumped into a stationary vehicle and died.

The incident took place in Owo yesterday night, the 8th of March, 2020.

According to the state Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Tee-Leo Ikoro, said in Akure, the state capital, that the commercial motorcyclist was trying to avoid Governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s convoy on Sunday night.

Ikoro said, “There was an accident yesterday (Sunday) night in Owo where an Okada man on high speed rammed into stationary Jeep and died on the spot.

“It was not the convoy of the governor that killed him, the truth is that it was the speed of the Okada man that was the problem, and he rammed into the stationary vehicle and killed himself,” he said.

According to Ikoro, The deceased was on high speed and so avoiding the convoy resulted in him bumping into a stationary jeep.

He said: “He suddenly heard the governor convoy’s siren, he was speeding and to avoid the convoy, he rammed into a stationary vehicle (Jeep),”

“When the police heard about the incident, we came down to the scene immediately but before we got there the family of the deceased had taken him away for burial.

“The jeep is in our station in Owo,” Ikoro continued.

According to reports, The governor’s convoy was returning from Oka-Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area for Akure when the unfortunate incident occurred.

The deceased was a resident on Oba-Nla Street, Okedogbon Quarters, Owo,

A family member of the deceased said that the late Mr Adam is survived by a wife and children.