NUJ Chairman, Wife, Daughter Killed

FOUR persons – a couple, their daughter and house help-yesterday, died in a miltiple accident involving the convoy of Ondo State deputy governor, Alhaji Ali Olanusi.
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A traditional ruler, the Osunmakinde of Ife Tuntun, Osun State, Oba Obawure Taofeek Olaposi, who was seriously injured in the crash, is on admission in Ondo State Specialist Hospital, Akure.
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The deceased are the Chairman of the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) chapel of the Nigerian Union of Journalists, NUJ, Alex Akinwale, his wife, Rebecca, and daughter, Pauline.
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The Akinwales first child, Paul, who was also involved in the crash, however, survived.
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The wife was a staff in the Marketing Department of the NTA, Akure.
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However the deputy governor escaped death.
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Eyewitness account revealed that the crash occurred at Apomu-Owena along Akure –Ondo Road when a white Toyota Camry car belonging to the monarch ran into Olanusi’s convoy among other vehicles while trying to overtake.
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It was learnt that the driver of the Camry dangerously overtook the vehicles and, in the process, rammed into on-coming vehicles including those in the deputy governor’s convoy resulting in the multiple accident.
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The NTA couple were coming from Ondo town after attending a burial ceremony.
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It was gathered that the Camry rammed into the couple’s car before hitting the deputy governor’s convoy.
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The monarch and a teenager in his vehicle are receiving treatment at the Akure specialist hospital.
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The corpses of the deceased were said to have also been deposited at the hospital mortuary.
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The Chief Press Secretary to the deputy governor, Mr Daisi Ajayi, said his principal was on his way to Ondo for an official assignment when the incident occurred.
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Ajayi said one of the security cars in Olanusi’s convoy was badly damaged as a result of the incident.
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Meanwhile, it was wailing at the premises of the NTA, Akure following the death of the couple.
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Immediately the news of the death of the Akinwales spread, workers trooped to the television station located at Oba-Ile to confirm it.