Ghastly Crash: Governor Imoke Flown Abroad
March 24, 2010 15:26 (2 hours ago), 1,354 views

By Emma Una/ Calabar

Following the injuries sustained by the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, on the mountainous Obudu Ranch Resort, the governor has reportedly been flown abroad for further medical treatment.

Imoke was flown to an undisclosed European country for treatment as the crash is reported to have seriously affected his health, “especially around the ankle region,”a P.MNEWS source disclosed.

He was earlier flown to the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja where doctors recommended his treatment abroad following the severity of the injuries he sustained during the crash.

The governor was involved in a road mishap while ascending the mountainous Obudu Ranch Resort at about 2 a.m after he had attended two funeral obsequies in Obudu in the northern senatorial zone of the state.

After the event, it was too late for the governor to use the cable car which had closed during the day, hence his trip in the SUV in the early hours of that fateful day to rest at the Resort.

Impeccable sources disclosed that Senator Imoke’s driver who was on duty complained that he was feeling sleepy but was urged by a superior official to drive the SUV as there was no alternative.

The driver, according to our source, was told to use water to wash his face to prevent the sleep, which he did but that did not help matters. The driver still fell asleep and eventually lost control of the SUV in which the governor was, causing it to skid off the snaky road and crashing several times into the steel barriers by the side of the road, thus causing him to sustain serious injuries.

The driver and the chief security officer to the governor did not sustain serious injuries but Imoke’s case was terrible. The governor’s car according, to sources, was badly mangled.

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Patrick Ugbe, who had earlier reported the accident to newsmen, declined to speak on Imoke’s trip abroad.

The Deputy Governor, Barrister Efiok Cobham, has been acting as governor, swearing in board members as approved by the state House of Assembly

http://thepmnews.com/2010/03/24/ghastly-crash-governor-imoke-flown-abroad

So sad, abeg oh Let them not sh take him to Saudi .

So sorry for d governor bt ths issue of going abroad for treatment is one of the ways of embezzlment.

He will now know how it feels when other innocents kill everyday on those roads. At least he survived. Now he will realized the pain many citizens goes tru day and night. Why don't u get treatment in your own country.  Useless leaders.

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Ghastly Crash: Governor Imoke Flown Abroad
March 24, 2010 15:26 (2 hours ago), 1,354 views

By Emma Una/ Calabar

Following the injuries sustained by the Cross River State Governor, Senator Liyel Imoke, on the mountainous Obudu Ranch Resort, the governor has reportedly been flown abroad for further medical treatment.

Imoke was flown to an undisclosed European country for treatment as the crash is reported to have seriously affected his health, “especially around the ankle region,”a P.MNEWS source disclosed.


He was earlier flown to the Federal Medical Centre, Abuja where doctors recommended his treatment abroad following the severity of the injuries he sustained during the crash.


The governor was involved in a road mishap while ascending the mountainous Obudu Ranch Resort at about 2 a.m after he had attended two funeral obsequies in Obudu in the northern senatorial zone of the state.

After the event, it was too late for the governor to use the cable car which had closed during the day, hence his trip in the SUV in the early hours of that fateful day to rest at the Resort.

Impeccable sources disclosed that Senator Imoke’s driver who was on duty complained that he was feeling sleepy but was urged by a superior official to drive the SUV as there was no alternative.

The driver, according to our source, was told to use water to wash his face to prevent the sleep, which he did but that did not help matters. The driver still fell asleep and eventually lost control of the SUV in which the governor was, causing it to skid off the snaky road and crashing several times into the steel barriers by the side of the road, thus causing him to sustain serious injuries.

The driver and the chief security officer to the governor did not sustain serious injuries but Imoke’s case was terrible. The governor’s car according, to sources, was badly mangled.

Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Patrick Ugbe, who had earlier reported the accident to newsmen, declined to speak on Imoke’s trip abroad.

The Deputy Governor, Barrister Efiok Cobham, has been acting as governor, swearing in board members as approved by the state House of Assembly

http://thepmnews.com/2010/03/24/ghastly-crash-governor-imoke-flown-abroad

I still dont get it!!! Was it that the doctors recommended he should be flown abroad becos they dont av the neccessary gadgets that will aid his treatment or there is no competent Doctor in Nigeria that can treat him

Accident is a major one even ordinary flu cn take them outside d country.

what was wrong with unical teaching hospital i hope he rook

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Is it Sausi Arabia they to him to 2? If yes, then he might probably come back in an Ambulance.

No mind the man he wan use idea smuggle money outta nija

I wish him quick recovery, but he should realize the importance of developing his state like his predecessor Donal Duke. If there where light railway network in the state, he can ride in the first class cabin and get home.
Now, when he hears that there is an accident somewhere, he'll remember is broken ankle.

Eddeux:

Flown abroad? why can't Nigerians take care of their own corrupt politicans/people in their own country?

Good point. its a disgrace for any politician to leave this country and go abroad for medical treatment, he should have been forced to go to the best hospital they have in calabar for treatment or resign.