Former Governor of Ekiti State , Ayodele Fayose , escaped death in a road crash on the Third Mainland Bridge in Lagos .

His media aide, Lere Olayinka , broke news of the accident on his Facebook account, where he said the former governor was in a stable condition and receiving medical treatment at the moment .

Olayinka had stated : “ He is in stable condition as I write while he is receiving medical attention . ”

The former Chief Press Secretary to Fayose , Mr Idowu Adelusi , who confirmed the accident in a telephone chat with The PUNCH , said , “ It is true that he was involved in an accident , but a minor accident . ”

Adelusi disclosed that the governor’ s car rammed into a stationary commercial vehicle on the bridge , saying: “ Nobody sustained injuries . The governor’ s car only had minor damage. “ He is already on his way to Ibadan for the Peoples Democratic Party presidential campaign rally for the South West billed for tomorrow ( Thursday ) , ” Adelusi said .

Responding to a question about the other vehicles in the ex - governor’ s entourage, Adelusi said , “Even when he was in office as governor , you know ‘ oga’ rarely used a convoy. It was only the vehicle that he was in that was involved . ”

Source: https://punchng.com/fayose-in-road-crash-on-third-mainland-bridge/