Festus Iyayi Is Dead (Ex-ASUU President)

A former President of the Academic
Staff Union of Universities, Festus
Iyayi, is dead, union officials said.
Witnesses said Mr. Iyayi, 66, died
along the the Lokoja-Abuja highway
in an accident involving the the
convoy of Kogi state Governor, Idris
Wada.
The late university teacher was
among ASUU leaders who met with
President Goodluck Jonathan in
Abuja last week to deliberate on how
to end the four-month strike by
lecturers.
Mr. Iyayi is believed to be travelling
to Kano for Wednesday’s National
Executive Committee meeting where
a vote is likely to be taken on
whether the ongoing strike should
be called off.
One of the pilot cars in the
governor’s convoy reportedly
rammed into the vehicle in which
Mr. Iyayi and other activists were
travelling, killing him instantly,
witnesses said.
But the Special Adviser to the
Governor, Jacob Edi, said it was
untrue that it was the governor’s
pilot vehicle that hit Mr. Iyayi’s car.
“There was a collision on a narrow
road and it is too early to say who
rammed into who,” Mr. Edi told
PREMIUM TIMES. ”The ASUU car was
dodging a trailer and an accident
occurred. It is not fair to politicise
this incident.”
Mr. Edi said as soon as the accident
happened, the governor directed
that the ambulance in the convoy be
used to convey the victims to the
Federal Medical Centre, Lokoja.
Some of the victims, he said, were
also taken to the Government House
Clinic.
The Kogi governor’s spokesperson
said the governor later visited the
hospitals to sympathize with the
victims of the accident.
He dismissed suggestions that the
accident happened because of
overspeeding by his boss’ convoy,
saying Mr. Wada’s convoy travels at
80 km per hour.
This is the second time Mr. Wada’s
convoy would be involved in deadly
accident in less than a year.
On December 28, 2012, the
governor’s motorcade was involved
in a crash that the auto crash that
broke Mr. Wada’s leg, killed his
security aide and injured two other
state officials.
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