Breaking: HoA Speaker Narrowly Escapes Death

The Speaker of Osun State House of Assembly, Adewale Egbedun on Sunday, September 24, escaped death through a hair’s breadth, as his convoy involved in an accident.

The Nation reports that, no fewer than four of the security operatives attached to him were severely injured during the accident, which occurred while they were leaving Osogbo, the state’s capital.

An anonymous source disclosed that the cause of the road accident was faulty tyre after its first layer removed on the motion.

He said: “The vehicle hit that of speaker but with low impact. The speaker is safe but four of the security were injured and taken to a private hospital around Oke-Baale area of Osogbo where they are receiving treatment.”

When contacted by newsmen, the spokesperson of the speaker, Olamide Tiamiyu, confirmed the accident, saying, “it occurred when the speaker was going out of the Osogbo. Two of the security operatives have been discharged