May 14, 2026

BREAKING: Yobe Deputy Governor, Abubakar Ali involved in Crash crash

By Farouk Mohammed

Ali-Abu

Barely a day after the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, James Ocholi, his wife and son died in a crash along the Kaduna-Abuja expressway, Yobe state Deputy Governor, Abubakar Ali has been involved in a road accident in Daka-Tsalle town along the Kaduna- Kano expressway.

A witness, Sunusi Abdul, who told Premium Times that “The SUV he was travelling in had a head-on collision with a Toyota Avensis vehicle,”added that the Deputy Governor’s vehicle did not somersault, but the Toyota car was badly damaged and some of its occupants injured.”

Abdul, who said the accident occurred around 9:30 on Monday morning, disclosed that he also narrowly missed hitting Ali’s car and that the deputy governor’s convoy later continued its trip to Kano.

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