{"id":68693,"date":"2019-08-27T19:21:35","date_gmt":"2019-08-27T18:21:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=68693"},"modified":"2019-08-27T19:21:35","modified_gmt":"2019-08-27T18:21:35","slug":"dangote-truck-kills-many-driver-suffers-life-threatening-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/dangote-truck-kills-many-driver-suffers-life-threatening-injuries\/","title":{"rendered":"Dangote Truck Kills Many, Driver Suffers Life Threatening Injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m2161181771189992971\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div class=\"m_1140471957411350072yahoo-style-wrap\">\n<div>Several persons were crushed to death by a trailer allegedly owned by the Dangote Group, an eyes witness at the deadly accident scene has said.<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Dangote truck loaded with Dangote Cement and a mass transit bus in Lagos had a head on collision that left many dead, with the leg of the bus driver cut off.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>An eye witness said there were 40 seated and 20 standing passengers in the Primmer operated mass transit bus when the accident occurred on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div>\nAccording to available information, the Dangote truck had a brake failure and had a head-on collision with a Primero blue Mass Transit bus with registration number LSR-228XS conveying 40 seated and 20 standing passengers.<\/div>\n<div>\nAll passengers on board suffered various degrees of injuries.<\/div>\n<div>\nThe driver suffered severe life threatening injuries with his leg totally decapitated.<br \/>\nNo fewer than three of the passengers were said to have died as at press time.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"m-1502068861649011091\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I Used My Money To Govern Abia State-Orji Kalu<\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"m_-6349040835039143868cntn-wrp m_-6349040835039143868artl-cnt\">\n<p>Orji Kalu, former governor of Abia, says the state never had the alleged N7.6bn he was accused of laundering when he was governor between\u00a0 1999 and 2007.<\/p>\n<p>In his testimony at a federal high court in Lagos on Tuesday, the former governor said he governed the state with his own money in the first six months of his assumption.<\/p>\n<p>He is standing trial alongside Ude Udeogu, an ex-commissioner for finance in Abia and Slok Nigeria Limited, his company, bordering on money laundering to the tune of N7.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Kalu, who is the chief whip of the senate, allegedly committed the offence between August 2001 and October 2005 while in office as governor.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to a question from Awa Kalu, his lawyer, during cross-examination, the former governor said there was no way he could have stolen \u201cwhat was not in existence\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said it was difficult for him to run the state with the allocations from the federal government, adding that he spent his own money to run Abia for the first six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAbia state didn\u2019t have such amount. Even the day I was leaving, we borrowed money to pay salaries. Abia state didn\u2019t have even a billion naira in any account at the time I was governor,\u201d Kalu said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe monthly allocation of Abia state when I took over in June 1999 was N168 million. It was averaging between N168 million and N172 million monthly. The first month that I came in, there was even no money to buy diesel. I spent my own money to run the state for six months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the year 2000, monthly allocation was between N170 million and N189 million. In 2001, it came to about N302 million to about N380 million. I can recollect in 2002, it was almost the same and in 2003 when the revenue allocation was changed, we were having about N400 million.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe highest money I got as governor came from 2004 when we had about N1 billion and from that time up till May 2007 before I left, what we had was N1.6 billion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThroughout my stay in office, I never owed salary and pension. When I took over as governor and before I left, we moved it up to N500 million. 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