Delta State governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa’s convoy, was on Wednesday evening reportedly involved in an accident resulting in injury to some journalists in the bus conveying them from Warri to the capital Asaba.
Reports say the convoy crashed into a bush along the Ogwashi-Uku-Ibusa road, near Admiralty University.
Sources said the Press Corps’ bus in the convoy lost control when one of the tyres pulled out, and the vehicle ran into the bush.
“The convoy was coming from Warri, but on getting to the Ibusa area, the press bus lost control after the tyre pulled out; that was after the bus somersaulted many time and ran into the bush, it is very terrible.
“Some of the injured journalists were evacuated and taken to the nearby hospital for treatment,” the source further said.