{"id":2875,"date":"2025-03-21T09:17:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/?p=2875"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:17:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T09:17:55","slug":"wike-mourns-victims-of-abuja-gas-explosion-accident-offers-medical-support","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/wike-mourns-victims-of-abuja-gas-explosion-accident-offers-medical-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike mourns victims of Abuja Gas Explosion accident, offers medical support\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">By Our Reporter<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Barely 24 hours after the gastly multiple motor accidents that occurred in Karu Bridge in Abuja, FCT Minister,Barr.Nyesom Wike,\u00a0 has extended his condolences to the victims of a devastating motor vehicle accidents.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">The accident, which Wike described as avoidable, resulted in loss of lives and destruction of vehicles.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Wike has offered to cover the medical expenses of the casualties, demonstrating his commitment to supporting those affected. In a press statement made available to Daily Champion, Wike expressed his sympathies and directed the continuation of treatment for those injured.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Upon learning of the accident, Wike promptly instructed Dr. Adedolapo Fasawe, the Mandate Secretary on Health and Environment, to ensure the injured received immediate attention.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Dr. Fasawe was present at Asokoro District Hospital until the morning, working alongside medical personnel to treat the 17 casualties brought in.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">According to Dr. Fasawe&#8217;s briefing, seven of the casualties were referred to National Hospital, six with minor injuries were successfully treated, and three with severe burns and inhalation and crush injuries are currently receiving treatment. Unfortunately, one casualty with third-degree burns passed away during resuscitation.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">Wike emphasized the importance of caution and adherence to speed limits, particularly for heavy-duty vehicle drivers.<\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\"><\/div>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\u00a0He urged the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other relevant agencies to intensify their efforts in maintaining strict compliance with traffic rules, highlighting the need to prevent such avoidable accidents in the future.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Our Reporter Barely 24 hours after the gastly multiple motor accidents that occurred in Karu Bridge in Abuja, FCT Minister,Barr.Nyesom Wike,\u00a0 has extended his condolences to the victims of a devastating motor vehicle accidents. The accident, which Wike described as avoidable, resulted in loss of lives and destruction of vehicles. Wike has offered to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":28,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[207,1817,1819,1815,1818,1816],"class_list":["post-2875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-accident","tag-compliance","tag-limit","tag-maintaining","tag-speed","tag-strict"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2876,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2875\/revisions\/2876"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyechoes.ng\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}