Dalung explains cause of convoy accident, reads riot act to youths
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dalung said as a sign of respect for the departed souls the election would be shifted to sunday saying despite the distractions and antics of those who dont want the progress of the nycn the convention would still hold in gombe as planned1 nigerias minister of sports and youths development barr. solomon dalung has disclosed the cause of the road mishap which befell his convoy in gombe on saturday1 dalung who was in gombe for the national unity convention of nycn the first to be successfully held in the last 10 years explained how his convoy got involved in a ghastly accident after being received atat the airport by amb dr. dickson akoh chairman of board of the council1 the convoy was returning from gombe airport when in akku village some kilo metres away from the city centre a 406 peugeot heading to bauchi rammed into the convoy1 briefing newsmen in gombe dalung said the driver of the 406 peugeot immediately he sighted the convoy panicked and swerved off the road into the bush1 he manipulated his way trying to come back to the highway but when he came this time he crossed over smashed about 2 or 3 vehicles in the convoy somersaulted and went into flames1 one of our vehicles also somersaulted and we have some degrees of injuries. from what i was told we lost one life instantly1 when asked if he made any effort to rescue the victims the minister said it was only my car and one other car that left the scene immediately the rest of the cars in the convoy remained to move all those involved to the hospital for medical attention1 i have visited them in the two hospitals where they are receiving treatment. as i am talking right now seven people have been discharged so far1 this was even as the minister read the riot act to youths including those whom he described as elements who hijacked the national youth council of nigeria nycn for personal enrichment while truncating the vision and mission of youth agenda in nigeria1 the minister commended the delegates for traveling far distance1 we will not be deterred because we are committed to deliver credible leadership in nycn. we will proceed he said1 after many years of crisis which had bedeviled the nycn leadership from one colour of court order to another one from one junior faction to another senior one from one caretaker committee to another sole administration and different forms of aberration that have truncated the vision and mission of youth agenda in nigeria1 for those who believe that the nycn is a platform for making wealth let me advise them they can join dangote group of companies that is where wealth is created those of us who think we can use the platform of nycn to blossom our political ambitions let me advise you that the apc the pdp and the other 77 political parties are there for you go and join one of them1 for those of us who think we are strong and popular and the only place we can take refuge is to surrender ourselves to some powerful politicians who will sponsor us to continue to truncate the vision of the youth of nigeria i advise you there are so many criminal groups go and join one1 and for those who believe the youth deserve a voice and the youth of this country are the only national assets we have and have joined the national youth movement selflessly i say to you my fellow country men god bless you1 while assuring the delegates that the federal government has no preferred candidate in the gombe convention dalung warned those who are above the red line 35 years to stay clear from the contest urging them to also consider young women in some positions1 meanwhile gombe state governor alhaji ibrahim dankwambo has sent his condolences on behalf of the state government to the families of the 2 young men who lost their lives in the saturday crash1 speaking at the executive session of the convention the governor also promised to shoulder the hospital bills of those injured including officers of peace corps of nigeria directors from federal ministry of sports and youths development and the outgoing president of nycn comrade mayor enujeko who is lying in critical condition at the hospital1