Petrol tanker crashes into Akpabio’s convoy, kills police dispatch rider

Hassan Husseini, a dedicated outrider to the President of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio, has died in a road accident

The Senate President who confirmed his death in Wednesday informed his colleagues that Hussaini had already been laid to rest earlier that morning.

Although he did not give a precise location, Akpabio explained that the crash occurred in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, shortly after his convoy picked him up from the airport.

Husseini, who hailed from Kogi State, was due to retire from service around February 2026.

According to a motion moved on the floor of the Senate in Abuja on Tuesday by the Senator representing Kogi West, Sunday Karimi, the late outrider is survived by his widow and four children.

“A careless driver crushed him. He was married with four children,” Karimi told his colleagues.

Before the formal motion was moved, the Senate President had earlier informed the chamber of Husseini’s death, disclosing that he was buried on Tuesday morning.

Akpabio recommended the employment of two of the deceased’s children in government parastatals, adding that in the absence of vacancies, they could be engaged in any of his private concerns.